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A brand-new recording of the classic work, narrated by Holliday Grainger, star of The Borgias and The Capture. On a trip to the South of France, a shy young woman falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower. Although his proposal comes as a surprise, she happily agrees to marry him...

My Cousin Rachel: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * Daphne du Maurier's classic novel of lust, suspicion, and obsession that inspired major motion picture starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin. Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley...

"Anoche soñé que volvía a Manderley...". Nadie que conozca la película basada en esta novela podrá olvidar la voz en off que recita la frase inicial de la obra más lograda de Daphne du Maurier: "Rebeca". Así comienzan los recuerdos de la segunda señora de De Winter, que la transportan de nuevo a la aislada y gris mansión situada en la húmeda y ventosa costa de Cornish. Con un marido al que apenas conoce, la joven esposa llega a este inmenso predio para ser inexorablemente ahogada por la fantasmal presencia de la primera señora Winter.

A brand-new recording of the classic work, narrated by Luke Thompson, who plays Bridgerton's Benedict. 'Every day, haunted still by doubt, I ask myself a question which I cannot answer. Was Rachel innocent or guilty?' Philip Ashley has been raised by his cousin Ambrose as heir to his beautiful...

BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA Both a spellbinding love story and a superb evocation of Cornwall's mythic past, Castle Dor is a book with unique and fascinating origins. It began life as the unfinished last novel of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, the celebrated 'Q', and was passed by his...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA 'How long he fought with them in the darkness he could not tell, but at last the beating of the wings about him lessened and then withdrew . . .' A classic of alienation and horror, The Birds was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. The five...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA Pursued by the twin demons of drink and madness, Branwell Bronte created a private world that was indeed infernal. As a bold and gifted child, his promise seemed boundless to the three adoring sisters over whom his rule was complete. But as an adult, the...

INTRODUCED BY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER STEPHEN KING A STUNNING COLLECTION OF DAPHNE DU MAURIER'S THIRTEEN DARKEST STORIES - INCLUDING 'THE BIRDS' AND 'DON'T LOOK NOW' Amid the reflections and twisting alleyways of Venice, a grieving couple are haunted by the past. On a sharp December day, the...

FROM THE BESTSELLING WRITER OF REBECCA When Dick Young's friend, Professor Magnus Lane offers him an escape from his troubles in the form of a new drug, Dick finds himself transported to fourteenth-century Cornwall. There, in the manor of Tywardreath, the domain of Sir Henry Champerhoune, he...

BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA The Rebecca Notebook provides an unparalleled insight into the mastery of a writer's craft and the inner vision that made du Maurier a household name. One of the great international bestsellers, Rebecca also inspired a film, a play and television dramas. This...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA John and Laura have come to Venice to try and escape the pain of their young daughter's death. But when they encounter two old women who claim to have second sight, they find that instead of laying their ghosts to rest they become caught up in a train of...

A brand-new recording of the classic work, narrated by Kathryn Drysdale, star of Bridgerton and The Windsors. An unforgettable story of murder, mystery and passion, from the bestselling author of Rebecca. No human being could live in this wasted country and remain like other people; the very...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA 'Perhaps we shall not see each other again. I will write to you, though, and tell you, as best I can, the story of your family. A glass-blower, remember, breathes life into a vessel, giving it shape and form and sometimes beauty; but he can with that same...

As a tour guide, Armino Fabbio leads a pleasant, if uneventful life - until he becomes circumstantially involved in the death of a peasant in Rome. The woman, he gradually learns, was his family's beloved servant many years ago before, in his native town of Ruffano. Fabbio returns to his...

An exhilarating and tense collection of short stories from the bestselling author of Rebecca. "Mary Farren went into the gun room one morning about half-past eleven, took her husband's revolver and loaded it, then shot herself. The butler heard the sound of the gun from the pantry…" The...

A gothic tale of old souls bonded in a fated romance, and the one man who could save them, from the bestselling author of Rebecca. "Daphne du Maurier has no rival." —Sunday Telegraph (UK) A spellbinding love story, Castle Dor was the unfinished last novel of the British novelist Sir Arthur...

The story of a deadly curse that afflicted an Irish family for a hundred years from the renowned author of the classic gothic bestselling romance, Rebecca. "I tell you your mine will be in ruins and your home destroyed and your children forgotten . . . but this hill will be standing still to...

A quiet Englishman visiting an Italian city becomes entangled with his enigmatic brother, whose obsessive ambition to revive a dark historical legacy leads to manipulation, betrayal, and a tragic confrontation. "In du Maurier's fiction, she unflinchingly exposed hard truths." —Times (UK) As a...

A disillusioned young man drifts through Europe in search of meaning, only to confront the loss of innocence and the sobering realities of adulthood after a series of aimless adventures and relationships. "A magician, a virtuoso. She can conjure up tragedy, horror, tension, suspense, the...

Daphne du Maurier explores the troubled life of Branwell Brontë, delving into his artistic ambitions, self-destructive habits, and the psychological and familial pressures that led to his downfall. "Miss du Maurier has brought to the art of the biography the narrative urgency which gives such...