· For The Glass-Blowers (), one of Daphne du Maurier ’s later novels, the author drew upon her own family history. Her ancestor, Robert Busson du Maurier, who was in the glass business, escaped to London from France at the start of the French Revolution. The story is through letters written by Sophie Duval, the sister of the fictional version of Robert (also so named).Reviews: 2. · The Glass-Blowers is a historical novel by Daphne Du Maurier, best known as the author of Rebecca, about a family of glass-blowers during the French Revolution. It is based on Du Maurier's own family. The novel begins in , when the narrator, Sophie Busson Duval, is eighty years old and meets a long-lost nephew of hers, the son of her brother Robert, who had emigrated to . Daphne Du Maurier has two distinct voices as a novelist. One is the gothic, psychological voice of Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, and others. The second is the one she uses for her historical fiction, as in The King's General or Mary Anne. The Glass-Blowers, #8 on the bestseller list, is in the historical fiction mode. The author was descended from a family of glass-blowers and honors them with her /5.
This item: The Glass-Blowers. by Daphne Du Maurier Paperback. $ Du Maurier blows so much life and heart and feeling into these characters that by the time the book ends, you feel like you're saying goodbye to a family that you have grown to know and love. In The Glass-Blowers, Daphne du Maurier explores her French family background through historical fiction, much as she did for another branch of her family As with du Maurier's Mary Anne, the novel is semi-autobiographical; du Maurier's glass-blowing ancestors the Bussons, who lived between The Glass-Blowers Reviews. No other popular writer has so triumphantly defied classification She satisfied all the questionable criteria of popular Daphne du Maurier () was born in London, the daughter of the famous actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and granddaughter of George du.
The Glass-Blowers is a historical novel by Daphne Du Maurier, best known as the author of Rebecca, about a family of glass-blowers during the French Revolution. It is based on Du Maurier's own family. The novel begins in , when the narrator, Sophie Busson Duval, is eighty years old and meets a long-lost nephew of hers, the son of her brother Robert, who had emigrated to England during the French Revolution. A "consistently entertaining" saga of beauty, war, and family set during the French Revolution, from the author of Rebecca and The Birds (New York Times). The world of the glass-blowers has its own traditions, its own language — and its own rules. An ancestor of Daphne's was a skilled glass blower in northern France and he made a lot of money. He had five children, all different characters, and one of his daughters wrote this story when she was over
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