Vanishing CornwallWith her son, Christian Browning, Daphne du Maurier, who lived in Cornwall for most of her life and used her knowledge of the county in her novels Rebecca, Frenchman's Creek and Jamaica Inn, chronicles all aspects of this part of England, fusing history, anecdote and travelogue in a plea for Cornwall's preservation. |
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Prologue | 1 |
Origins and Approaches | 9 |
In Search of Arthur and of Tristan | 23 |
Copyright | |
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