Daphne du Maurier - The House on the Strand 1969 |
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Item #: BOC246 |
Our Price: $15.50 |
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Publisher Doubleday & Company NY, 1969 298 pages -- Book Club Edition [drawings by Margot Tomes] Like many of du Maurier's novels, The House on the Strand has a supernatural element, exploring the ability to mentally travel back in time. The setting for the story is an ancient Cornish house called Kilmarth, which is based on the house the author had recently bought following the death of her husband. After giving up his job the narrator, Dick Young, is offered the use of Kilmarth by an old university friend, biophysicist Magnus Lane. Dick reluctantly agrees to act as a test subject for a drug that Magnus has secretly developed. On taking it for the first time, he finds that it enables him to enter into the landscape around him as it existed during the early 14th century. He becomes drawn into the lives of the people he sees there and is soon addicted to the experience. Dick finds himself following Roger, who lives at Kilmarth, acts as steward to Sir Henry Champernoune, and is a secret admirer of the beautiful Isolda, wife of Sir Oliver Carminowe. She has been conducting a secret affair with the brother of Sir Henry's wife, Sir Otto Bodrugan, who is waylaid and killed by Oliver's men. Dust Jacket very nice with some end wear, book as well, very nice with slightly bumped corners. See photos and feel free to email with any questions prior to purchase. |
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