{"product_id":"du-mauriers","title":"Du Mauriers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eREBECCA. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Miss du Maurier creates on the grand scale . . . observation, sympathy, courage, a sense of the romantic, are here'' \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''It is my pick of the Spring biographical material for sheer entertainment value . . . a gifted story teller'' \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Daphne du Maurier has no equal'' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TELEGRAPH \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Daphne du Maurier wrote this book she was only thirty years old and had already established herself both as a biographer with the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eGerald: A Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e and as a novelist. Here, she further explores her fascinating family history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Du Mauriers\u003c\/i\u003e was written during a vintage period of her career, between two of her best-loved novels: \u003ci\u003eJamaica Inn \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Rebecca\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer aim was to write her family biography ''so that it reads like a novel'' and it was due to du Maurier''s remarkable imaginative gifts that she was able to breathe life into the characters and depict with affection and wit the relatives she never knew, including her grandfather, the famous Victorian artist and \u003ci\u003ePunch\u003c\/i\u003e cartoonist - and creator of \u003ci\u003eTrilby\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317201314174,"sku":"NW9781844080649","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781844080649.jpg?v=1778721119","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/du-mauriers","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}