Mary Anne, Daphne du Maurier
Mary Anne, Daphne du Maurier
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Mary Anne

Author: Daphne du Maurier

Narrator: Carole Boyd

Unabridged: 12 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/16/2014


Synopsis

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

About Daphne Du Maurier

Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989) has been called one of the great shapers of popular culture and the modern imagination. Among her more famous works are The Scapegoat, Jamaica Inn, Rebecca, and the short story "The Birds," all of which were subsequently made into films—the latter three directed by Alfred Hitchcock.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Baba

2021 review: This highly fictionalised Regency London set tale, with the Napoleonic wars in the far background, features the rise and fall of Mary Anne Clarke, media notorious courtesan to Frederick Augustus (Duke of York and Alb, the Duke of York and Albany (he of the 'Grand old Duke of York' rhyme......more