Mary Anne - Softcover
Fictionalized biography of the author's great-great grandmother, an eighteenth-century courtesan who ruthlessly manipulated the powerful men who sought her favors
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Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca made her one of the most successful writers of her time. Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of the book won the Best Picture Oscar in 1940. He later used her material for The Birds. In 1969, du Maurier was created a Dame of the British Empire.
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Du Maurier's great-great-grandmother, Mary Anne Clarke, was mistress to the Duke of York during the Napoleonic Wars. In a sometimes cumbersome combination of fact and fiction, du Maurier chronicles the rags-to-riches tale of her bright, ambitious, amoral ancestor, who, overwhelmed by youthful passion, marries at 16. After her husband drinks himself into insensibility and is institutionalized, she passes as a widow, attracting the attention of the duke. Carole Boyd creates an appealing, headstrong Mary Anne. Her attitude is whimsical, often mischievous, as the young woman recognizes her taste for luxury and power. In intimate tones, she reveals the skilled courtesan who finally overreaches herself. However, in the sections recreating the House of Commons investigation into the duke's activities, not even Boyd's performance can keep things from bogging down. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherDell
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0440152089
- ISBN 13 9780440152088
- BindingMass Market Paperback
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1987 Book: Fine/Near As New/, (illustrator). Book: Fine/Near As New/, $32.82 0440152089 MARY ANNE * Du MAURIER, Daphne Dell Book 1987 1sT Edition, 1sT Printing S/c Pocket Book Yellow Colored Spine With Title In Red Letters, Inside Black Rectangle, Soft Cover Book: Fine/Near As New/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 383 Numbered Pages Printed On Tan Colored Paper, In Fine/ Condition. Age Browning Outside Edges Of Pages. Appear To Be Lightly Read Clean And Tight To The Spine. Online Stock Image, Is Not Of The Cover Of This Book. D/j: None. This Is * * An Original Edition, * * Not A Secondary Market Or More Modern RePrint. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = * * ~ ~ Padded Mailing Envelope * * To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The * * Description Described Which Applies To This B00K, Only. * = No Odors, No Writing, No Other Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, Not X~Library, No Other Marks. = Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. Seller Inventory # 021881
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