As children, the three du Maurier daughters were so close they invented their own language. Middle child Daphne, however, was by far their father’s favorite, which he openly acknowledged.

not least because the truth of her life was darker than any of her plots Author Daphne du Maurier walking with her children Flavia, left, Kits and Tessa, at home in Cornwall, June 1944.

Arranging to spend time away from her children. “I am not one of those ... In 2007, to mark the centenary of Daphne du Maurier's birth, the BBC produced two documentaries on the author.

Thought not, but you should because Daphne Du Maurier’s original story is superior ... story (the discovery of the murdered neighbor, the children being hunted by birds, and the dark, open ...

Seventy-five years after Daphne du Maurier published 'Rebecca’, her ... the then-abandoned house of Menabilly more than her two children (Kits had yet to be born). It was at Milton Hall that ...

Emma Fielding reads Daphne Du Maurier's enduring and adored classic ... Arriving with her two small children and a maid, she finds it staffed only by the mysterious William. And while the sun ...

Dame Daphne du Maurier, the English novelist who died in 1989, was fascinated by her French heritage. The author of Rebecca and Jamaica Inn had been brought up on tales of an aristocratic ancestor ...