Daphne Du Maurier / Victoria Holt Complete & Unabridged (Hardcover, Very Good)

Description: Daphne Du Maurier / Victoria Holt Complete & Unabridged - 2 Book Set / LotOctopus / Heinemann Series of Leading 20th Century Writers (Hardcover, Very Good) CONDITION: Both books and dust jackets in great clean tight unmarked condition; Minimal shelf wear; Victoria Holt book has light age tint to pages. No rips, chips, dogears, bookplates, remainder marks or writing. Daphne Du Maurier (1980) : A handsomely bound volume containing four complete and unabridged classics by Daphne Du Maurier combined in one volume. Includes : Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, Frenchman's Creek and My Cousin Rachel. Daphne du Maurier was born in 1906 and educated at home and in Paris. She began writing in 1928, and many of her bestselling novels were set in Cornwall, where she lived for most of her life. She was made a DBE in 1969 and died in 1989. Daphne du Maurier was first and foremost a really excellent storyteller but she was also part of the remarkable du Maurier dynasty - a granddaughter, daughter, sister, military wife, mother and grandmother. Daphne is often thought of as reclusive; she was perhaps solitary, comfortable with her own company and the make-believe world that she lived in and which enabled her to bring us her wonderful novels and short stories. Victoria Holt (1987 Reprint) : Another magnificent edition of the Octopus / Heinemann Series featuring leading writers of the 20th century. Four complete and unabridged classics by Victoria Holt in one volume. Includes : Bride of Pendorric, The Shadow of the Lynx, King of the Castle and Mistress of Mellyn. Eleanor Hibbert (1 September 1906 – 19 January 1993) was an English author who combined imagination with facts to bring history alive through novels of fiction and romance. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen name: Jean Plaidy for fictionalized history of European royalty; Victoria Holt for gothic romances, and Philippa Carr for a multi-generational family saga. A literary split personality, she also wrote light romances, crime novels, murder mysteries and thrillers under the names Eleanor Burford, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Anna Percival, and Ellalice Tate.In 1989, the Romance Writers of America gave her the Golden Treasure award in recognition of her significant contributions to the romance genre. By the time of her death, she had written more than 200 books that worldwide sold more than 100 million copies in 20 languages.

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