Enchanted Cornwall
Subtitle: her pictorial memoir
By: Daphne du Maurier ; edited by Piers Dudgeon ; photographs by Nick Wright.
Contributors: Dudgeon, Piers.; Wright, Nick.
Publisher: M. Joseph; Pilot; Viking Penguin
Published: 1989
Place of publication: London, England; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Du Maurier, Daphne, Dame, 1907- -- Homes and haunts -- England -- Cornwall (County); Novelists, English -- Homes and haunts -- England -- Cornwall (County); Literary landmarks -- England -- Cornwall (County); Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography; Cornwall (England : County) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Cornwall (England : County) -- In literature; Cornwall (England : County) -- Biography
Description: This is Daphne du Maurier's personal memoir, the story of how enchanted Cornwall formed her as a writer -- how the spirit of Cornwall awakened in her a response so imaginative that it transformed ordinary perception into the inspired perception of a master story-teller. Enchanted, mysterious, unexplored, this is Cornwall as seen through the eyes of the best-selling author of Rebecca, Frenchman's Creek and Jamaica Inn -- tales which have passed into Cornish folk-lore. In Frenchman's Creek, it is the Helford river and the primaeval enchantment of the creek itself which inspires her; in Jamaica Inn, the hard, diabolic "beauty" of Bodmin Moor. In Castle Dor, landscape speaks to her of ancient Cornish myths and legends -- an extraordinary perception, source of that sinister otherworldliness that held spellbound millions who read The Birds and Don't Look Now. Completed shortly before Dame du Maurier's death in 1989, Enchanted Cornwall is the story of a magical relationship between a person and the spirit of a place. It will have special significance for millions who have enjoyed her books and want to know more about this very private writer. But it is a book for everyone to enjoy: her readers, those who have enjoyed her films, and travellers to Cornwall -- whether making their journey in person or just in mind. - Jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 192) and index.