The Mischief Makers (eBook)

'As compelling as any of du Maurier's own works' Sunday Times

Elisabeth Gifford (Autor)

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2024 | Main
336 Seiten
Corvus (Verlag)
978-1-83895-984-5 (ISBN)

Infos

'AS COMPELLING AS ANY OF DU MAURIER'S OWN WORKS' SUNDAY TIMES
She wrote her stories in his shadow. Now Daphne's past is catching up with her...

In a beautiful house in the wilds of Cornwall, Daphne du Maurier is on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Tangled in a self-destructive love affair that threatens to unravel her marriage, she is also distracted by worry for the family friend whose shadow looms over her childhood: J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan.

Daphne tries to escape into writing her new book, but the line between fiction and reality blurs dangerously when her own characters start manifesting before her eyes - in particular a woman called Rebecca who looks suspiciously like her husband's alluring ex-girlfriend.

Daphne must confront the dark truth that lurks beneath the fantasy of Peter Pan and the secret life that has plagued her since she found fame. Unless she can solve these mysteries and reckon with who she truly is as an artist, her next great work may be lost to history . . .
'Fascinating' Elizabeth Buchan
'Elegant and immersive' Essie Fox
'Glorious' Jane Johnson

Autor

Elisabeth Gifford grew up in a vicarage in the industrial Midlands. She studied French literature and world religions at Leeds University. She has a Diploma in Creative Writing from Oxford OUDCE and an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway College. She is the author of five previous historical novels, including The Good Doctor of Warsaw and The Lost Lights of St Kilda. She is married with three children, and lives in Kingston upon Thames.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.9.2024
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: bright young things • Charlotte Mendelson • Daphne du Maurier • Erica James • Eva Ibbotson • Eve Chase • fiction about artistic life • fiction about artists • fiction about writers • Finding Neverland • Fiona Valpy • frenchman's creek • Harriet Evans • india knight • jane dunn daphne du maurier and her sisters • joana trollope • Joanna Quinn • Karen Swan • Kate Morton • longbourn jo baker • Looking Glass Sound • Lucinda Riley • My Cousin Rachel • priya parmar • Rachel Hore • Rebecca • Sarah Blake The Postmistress • Sebastian Barry • sheila o flanagan • shirley susan scarf merrell • The Exhibitionist • the garden of lost and found • the house on the strand • The Paris Wife Paula McLain • The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson • The Stargazers • the temporary gentleman • The Whalebone Theatre • tracy rees • treasures of cornwall luke thompson • vanessa and her sister • Veronica Henry • wintering kate moses • z therese ann fowler
• ISBN-10: 1-83895-984-X / 183895984X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-83895-984-5 / 9781838959845