lunababymoonchild Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 This is classed as by Daphne du Maurier but it was originally started by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch who died before he finished it. It was passed to DdM to finish it and she did. It is a re-creation of the legend of Tristan and Iseult, transplanted in time to 19th-century Cornwall. I could tell the difference in the prose but then close to the start of the book was "Doctor Carfax considered a moment, as though endeavouring to recapture an experience blunted by time, whose fragrance now lay stored in memory's labyrinth like a flower pressed between the pages of a book" (page 153 in my copy) so not complaining at all. It's always nice to spend some time in Cornwall either with Daphne du Maurier or Winston Graham and his Poldark novels so I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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