Frenchman's Creek
The bestselling classic from the author of Rebecca
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
THE CLASSIC THRILLING ROMANCE FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA
'A writer of fearless originality' GUARDIAN
'One of the last century's most original literary talents' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'A pure, exhilarating adventure story - a swashbuckling tale of exquisite danger and tangled love' JULIE MYERSON
Lady Dona St Columb seems to revel in scandal: she is involved in every intrigue of the Restoration Court. But secretly, the shallowness of Court life disgusts her, and in her heart she longs for freedom and honest love. Retreating to Navron, her husband's Cornish estate, she seeks peace and solitude away from London. But Navron is being used as the base for a French pirate, an outlaw hunted all over Cornwall.
Instead of feeling fear, Dona's thirst for adventure has never been more aroused; in Jean-Benoit Aubéry she finds a sensitive man who would, like her, gamble his life for a moment's joy. Together they embark upon a quest rife with danger and glory, one which will force Dona to make the ultimate choice: will she sacrifice her lover to certain death, or risk her own life to save him?
Customer Reviews
Longing & transformation
A story of longing and transformation, set on the coast of Cornwall in Restoration England. The journey of du Maurier's heroine Dona St Columb from discontented to liberated is delightful, with the novel's ending one of the most tense and beautiful in classic fiction. Along the way are many gems to cherish, not least the repartee between Dona and the faithful William