The huge commercial success of these early novels, written in her late twenties and early thirties, overshadowed the rest of du Maurier's career and, for the incurious reader, obscures the achievements of her maturity. Ever since the publication Jamaica Inn in 1936, Rebecca in 1938 and Frenchman's Creek in 1941, du Maurier has occupied this territory in the public imagination. The simple and instant response to The House on the Strand is that it is a novel revisiting the themes expected of Daphne du Maurier, all about Cornwall, set in a mysterious mansion, and featuring romantic episodes in the region's history. When Roger Kylmerth lived, the shaded area was estuary. Thomas of the Tywardreath Old Cornwall Society, whose unfailing kindness and generosity in lending me his own notes on the history of the Manor and Priory of Tywardreath first awakened my interest, and set me on the road to blending fact and fiction in this tale of the House on the Strand.įAMILY TREE OF THE CHAMPERNOUNES, CARMINOWES AND BODRUGANS IN THE 14TH CENTURY Most especially I should like to express my gratitude to Mr. George Saunders and the Public Record Office, to all of whom I am indebted for information and original documents. Douch, MA, Curator of the County Museum, Truro Mr. I wish to thank Miss Hawkridge, Senior Assistant Archivist of the County Record Office, Truro Mr. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at Thank you for your support of the author's rights. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher constitute unlawful piracy and theft of the author's intellectual property.
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