| Mary Anne Contributor(s): du Maurier, Daphne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1402217110 ISBN-13: 9781402217111 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2009 Annotation: The highly anticipated reissue of the du Maurier classics American fans have been waiting for "Daphne du Maurier has no equal." Sunday Telegraph " Likely to rank as the author's best book." Saturday Review "This novel catches fire." New York Times She set men's hearts on fire and scandalized a country Master storyteller Daphne du Maurier evokes the rise and fall of one of her most unforgettable characters. An ambitious, stunning, and seductive young woman, Mary Anne finds the single most rewarding way to rise above her miserable cockney world: she will become the mistress to a royal duke. In doing so, she provokes a scandal that rocks Regency England. Mary Anne glitters with sex, scandal, corruption, and the privileged world of high society. Based on the true story of one of du Maurier's own distant relatives, Mary Anne's love of money and the men who spend it embroil her in risks that threaten her very existence. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Historical - General - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009015897 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" L (1.05 lbs) 464 pages |
| Features: Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The highly anticipated reissue of the du Maurier classics American fans have been waiting for Daphne du Maurier has no equal. Likely to rank as the author's best book. This novel catches fire. She set men's hearts on fire and scandalized a country Master storyteller Daphne du Maurier evokes the rise and fall of one of her most unforgettable characters. An ambitious, stunning, and seductive young woman, Mary Anne finds the single most rewarding way to rise above her miserable cockney world: she will become the mistress to a royal duke. In doing so, she provokes a scandal that rocks Regency England. Mary Anne glitters with sex, scandal, corruption, and the privileged world of high society. Based on the true story of one of du Maurier's own distant relatives, Mary Anne's love of money and the men who spend it embroil her in risks that threaten her very existence. |
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