Jamaica Inn

By (author) Du Maurier, Daphne
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By one of the twentieth century''s best loved storytellers. A classic tale of murder, mystery and passion - perfect for fans of Wuthering Heights.
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''A brilliantly executed thriller'' VOGUE
''Daphne du Maurier has no equal'' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
''The master of slow-burning menace'' STACEY HALLS
''Her influence on fiction is incalculable, her imagination unsurpassable'' ANDREW MICHAEL HURLEY

She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or earth she loved him. He had kissed her, and she was bound to him for ever.

On a bitter November evening, Mary Yellan crosses the windswept Cornish moors to seek revenge with her Aunt Patience at Jamaica Inn. But the crumbling inn is no safe haven, and Patience is a changed woman, cowering before her domineering husband Joss. In fear of her life, and disturbed by her powerful attraction to Joss''s younger brother, Mary is soon plunged into a brutal world of smuggling and murder in which she can trust no one - not even herself.

''The author''s stunning evocation of her beloved Cornwall is the real star of this book'' RUTH WARE
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Jamaica Inn is a first-rate page-turner
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For, ultimately, Jamaica Inn is a novel about nothing less than pure evil. Not the lumpen, drunken, thuggish evil that men like Joss can effect, but something much worse - a force that Du Maurier only begins to put into words, with an eerie and shocking kind of power, in the novel''s astonishing final act
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A perfect fusion of gothic romance and a young woman''s rite of passage in the vein of Twilight and Wuthering Heights
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Daphne du Maurier has no equal
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Jamaica Inn is perhaps the most accomplished historical romance ever written
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A dark tale. A brilliant thriller
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A dark tale. A brilliant thriller
Biographical note:

Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) was born in London, England. In 1931 her first novel, The Loving Spirit was published. A biography of her father and three other novels followed, but it was the novel Rebecca that launched her into the literary stratosphere and made her one of the most popular authors of her day. In 1932, du Maurier married Major Frederick Browning with whom she had three children.

Many of du Maurier''s bestselling novels and short stories were adapted into award-winning films, including Alfred Hitchcock''s The Birds and Nicolas Roeg''s Don''t Look Now. In 1969, du Maurier was awarded the Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE). She lived most of her life in Cornwall and died there which is the setting for many of her books.

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''Whatever she would have to face in the future, and however frightened she would be, she would not leave Jamaica Inn now . . .''

On a bitter November evening, Mary Yellan crosses the windswept Cornish moors to seek refuge with her Aunt Patience at Jamaica Inn. But the crumbling inn is no safe haven, and Patience is a changed woman, cowering before her domineering husband Joss. Plunged into a brutal world of smuggling and murder, and disturbed by her powerful attraction to Joss''s younger brother, Mary knows there is no one she can trust. Only by crossing her own moral line can she save herself...

''A great gothic writer'' KATE MOSSE
''A novel about nothing less than pure evil . . . with an eerie and shocking kind of power'' JULIE MYERSON