Daphne Du Maurier, Dame

Mary Anne

Daphne du Maurier

She set men's hearts on fire and scandalized a country. An ambitious, stunning, and seductive young woman, Mary Anne finds the single most rewarding way to rise above her station: she will become the mistress to a royal duke. In doing so, she provokes a scandal that rocks Regency England. A vivd portrait of sex, ambition, and corruption, Mary Anne is set during the Napoleonic Wars and based on Daphne du Maurier's own great-great-grandmother. "This novel catches fire."-New York Times

This was my least favourite of the 8 or so Daphne du Maurier books I have read or listened to. All the characters were unbearable (so well written I suppose) and I took a big pause in the middle because it was stressful! In the end I had to commit and finish it, but would not read again, which I might with some of her others (such as Frenchman's Creek). 

Mary Anne

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