by Daphne Du Maurier · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330247733
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«Frenchman's Creek» is the historical romance and adventure novel by Daphne Du Maurier, published by Pan in paperback (238 pages, in English).
Set in seventeenth-century England, it tells how Lady Dona St. Columb, weary of London high society, retreats to the Cornish coast and meets an attractive French pirate. Their relationship draws her into a story of passion and danger that makes her question her place in the world.
Originally published in 1941, the novel is one of Daphne Du Maurier's most popular works; this Pan Books edition dates from 1976.
Recommended for those who enjoy romantic and historical fiction, with pirate adventures and Cornish coastal landscapes.
Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her grandfather George du Maurier was a writer and cartoonist. Du Maurier spent much of her life in Cornwall, where most of her works are set. As her fame increased, she became more reclusive.
