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The King's General
Contributor(s): du Maurier, Daphne (Author)
ISBN: 1402217080     ISBN-13: 9781402217081
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
OUR PRICE:   $17.99  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2009
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The highly anticipated reissue of the du Maurier classics American fans have been waiting for

"Daphne du Maurier has no equal." Sunday Telegraph

As civil war rages across England, the weak prove their courage and the privileged become traitors

In this sweeping, bittersweet saga, spellbinding author Daphne du Maurier recreates a most memorable and true love story. Honor Harris was glorious and vivacious. Sir Richard Grenville was a dashing colonel and a knight. They meet on the evening of her eighteenth birthday at the Duke of Buckingham's great ball and fall deeply in love.

Soon afterward tragedy strikes and they are separated by betrayal and war. Decades later, an undaunted Sir Richard, now a general serving King Charles I, finds her. Finally they can share their passion in the ruins of a great estate on the storm-tossed Cornish coastone last time before being torn apart, never to embrace again.

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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical - General
- Fiction | Romance - Historical - General
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2009020400
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (1.14 lbs) 448 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

The highly anticipated reissue of the du Maurier classics American fans have been waiting for

Daphne du Maurier has no equal.
Sunday Telegraph

As civil war rages across England, the weak prove their courage and the privileged become traitors

In this sweeping, bittersweet saga, spellbinding author Daphne du Maurier recreates a most memorable and true love story. Honor Harris was glorious and vivacious. Sir Richard Grenville was a dashing colonel and a knight. They meet on the evening of her eighteenth birthday at the Duke of Buckingham's great ball and fall deeply in love.

Soon afterward tragedy strikes and they are separated by betrayal and war. Decades later, an undaunted Sir Richard, now a general serving King Charles I, finds her. Finally they can share their passion in the ruins of a great estate on the storm-tossed Cornish coast--one last time before being torn apart, never to embrace again.