Book description
Both a spellbinding love story and a superb evocation of Cornwall's
mythic past, Castle Dor is a book with unique and fascinating origins.
It began life as the unfinished last novel of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch,
the celebrated 'Q', and was passed by his daughter to Daphne du Maurier
whose storytelling skills were perfectly suited to the task of
completing the old master's tale. The result is this magical, compelling
recreation of the legend of Tristan and Iseult, transplanted in time to
the Cornwall of the last century. A chance encounter between the Breton
onion-seller, Amyot Trestane, and the newly-wed Linnet Lewarne launches
their tragic story, taking them in the fateful footsteps of the doomed
lovers of Cornish legend . . . Daphne du Maurier (1907-89) was born in
London, educated at home and in Paris, and lived for much of her life in
her beloved Cornwall, the setting for many of her novels. Most of her
novels have been bestsellers and many have been made into films. She is
considered one of the most accomplished novelists of the twentieth
century.
