Book description
The Restoration Court knows Lady Dona St Columb to be ripe for any
folly, any outrage that will alter the tedium of her days. But there
is another, secret Dona who longs for a life of honest love -- and
sweetness, even if it is spiced with danger.
It is this Dona who flees the stews of London for remote Navron,
looking for peace of mind in its solitary woods and hidden creeks. She
finds there the passion her spirit craves -- in the love of a daring
pirate hunted by all Cornwall, a Frenchman who, like Dona, would
gamble his life for a moment's joy.
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.
