Daphne du Maurier’s disturbing relationship with father told by old friend MICHAEL THORNTON

The opening line of Rebecca is among the most evocative in the whole of English fiction: ‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.’ I vividly remember the day in 1965 when I sat in the long drawing room at Menabilly, the Cornish manor house that had partly inspired the fictional Manderley, listening as … Read more

Daphne du Maurier’s disturbing relationship with father told by old friend MICHAEL THORNTON

The opening line of Rebecca is among the most evocative in the whole of English fiction: ‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.’ I vividly remember the day in 1965 when I sat in the long drawing room at Menabilly, the Cornish manor house that had partly inspired the fictional Manderley, listening as … Read more