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.

NOVELIST Daphne Du Maurier is most famous for her 1938 book ... Together the couple had three children, Tessa, Flavia and Christian. Daphne died shortly before her 82nd birthday on April 19 ...

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.

The Daphne du Maurier Festival in Fowey ... but managed to write it by taking a long holiday from her two young children. "I am not one of those mothers who live for having their brats with ...

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 ...

University of Hull provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. In Daphne du Maurier’s short story, The Birds (1952), a change in bird behaviour is linked to the impact of technological ...