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FROM THE BESTSELLING WRITER OF REBECCA

When Dick Young's friend, Professor Magnus Lane offers him an escape from his troubles in the form of a new drug, Dick finds himself transported to fourteenth-century Cornwall. There, in the manor of Tywardreath, the domain of Sir Henry Champerhoune, he witnesses intrigue, adultery and murder.

The more time Dick spends consumed in the past, the more he withdraws from the modern world. With each dose of the drug, his body and mind become addicted to this otherworld and his attempts to change history bring terror to the present and put his own life in jeopardy.

'The House on the Strand is prime du Maurier . . . ' NEW YORK TIMES

'She wrote exciting plots . . . a writer of fearless originality' GUARDIAN

'No other popular writer has so triumphantly defied classification . . . ' MARGARET FORSTER

©1969 Daphne Du Maurier (P)2025 W.F. Howes Ltd Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense World Literature
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While I'm a fan of du Maurier's short fiction, I don't generally get on with her novels. 'The House on the Strand' though is the exception to this rule.

Why? I'm not sure. Life in mediaeval Cornwall comes across strongly, the harshness and violence, while du Maurier allows the reader to get closer to her characters than usual. I find the distance she layers over the action in many of her other novels off-putting. She wrote 'The House on the Strand' in the late 1960s so maybe the style changes are a reflection of that. Whatever the reason, I always enjoy another reading. I'm so glad that new audio editions of her work are now available. Ben Allen gives a convincing performance.

Time-travelling in Cornwall

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