TreveryanAngela Du Maurier1942

Set in Cornwall, this is a spell-binding story of the way in which the secrets of the past affect the present. At Treveryan, we enter a house and a landscape familiar to any reader who has dreamed of Manderley. But Angela du Maurier, sister to the more famous Daphne, explores this territory with candour and sensitivity all her own.

This is a story of strong women and weak men, of an abiding love that breaks taboos, and dare not be declared. It is a novel in which the family is spellbound by the secrets of its past.

From its innocent beginning to its violent and shocking close, Angela du Maurier's narrative grip is sure: just as her sister did, she takes the Gothic, and newmints it.