![]() ![]() There is only one catch: if you happen to touch anyone while traveling in the past you will be thrust instantaneously to the present. A secret experimental concoction, once imbibed, allows you to return to the fourteenth century. In this haunting tale, Daphne du Maurier takes a fresh approach to time travel. The second to last paragraph is of particular interest to us as it refers to a house she lived in in the last years of her life which she immortalises in the book we are about to read. Read more of this fascinating author via an Orbituary by the Independent. Her grandfather was the writer George du Maurier. Her father was the actor Gerald du Maurier. Her elder sister was the writer Angela du Maurier. The first three were directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ![]() Many of her works have been adapted into films, including the novels Rebecca (which won the Best Picture Oscar in 1941) and Jamaica Inn and the short stories The Birds and Don't Look Now. Dame Daphne du Maurier was an English author and playwright, born on 13th May 1907, died 19th April 1989. ![]()
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