Daphne Du Maurier: biographies VMC 503, 524, 529, 523

Besides her novels, DDM wrote some non-fiction, mainly biography. I mentioned Vanishing Cornwall at the start of this week, and today I bring your attention to her other works.

503: The Du Mauriers.
This is the biography of some of her ancestors, which she intended to write "like a novel".

524: The infernal world of Branwell Bronte.
DDM was interested in the Brontes, but decided to focus her attention on Branwell, a much maligned character. I found this book intensely interesting because I had read so much about the sisters but very little about him.

529: Golden lads.
Again, DDM focuses on a character hidden in the shadows, and writes about Anthony Bacon, the elder brother of the more famous Francis.

523: The winding stair.
This builds on her research for the earlier Golden Lads, but focuses this time on Francis Bacon.

Daphne Du Maurier: Novels VMC 492, 497, 499, 501, 502, 505, 506, 507, 509, 515, 516, 518, 535

Today I'm going to show you DDM's other novels. It's been a while since I read most of these, so I am going to content myself with giving you their covers. One might be forgiven for thinking that the only DDMs worth reading are the classic four that I blogged about yesterday, but I would urge you to dip into her other books. Out of these, I particularly enjoyed I'll never be young again, Julius, and The loving spirit.

492 The house on the strand
497 The loving spirit
499 The king's general
501 Mary Anne
502 The scapegoat
505 Rule Britannia
506 Julius
507 The glass-blowers
509 Castle Dor
515 I'll never be young again
516 The flight of the falcon

518 The Parasites
535 Hungry Hill