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REBECCA'S TALE
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| By: |
Sally Beauman |
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Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0751533130 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780751533132 |
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| Publisher: |
LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
2 May, 2002 |
| Pages: |
640 |
| Description: |
From Sally Beauman, the bestselling author of DESTINY, comes the superbly daring and completely captivating companion to one of the best-loved novels in the English language. 'A masterly piece of literary resurrection' Penny Perrick, Sunday Times |
| Synopsis: |
On the twentieth anniversary of the death of Rebecca, the hauntingly beautiful first wife of Maxim de Winter, family friend Colonel Julyan receives an anonymous parcel. It contains a black notebook with two handwritten words on the title page -- Rebecca's Tale -- and two pictures: a photograph of Rebecca as a young child and a postcard of Manderley. Rebecca once asked Julyan to ensure she was buried in the churchyard facing the sea: if she ended up in the de Winter crypt, she warned, she'd come back to haunt him. Now, it seems, she has finally kept her promise. Julyan's conscience has never been clear over the official version of Rebecca's death. Was Rebecca the manipulative, promiscuous femme fatale her husband claimed. Or the gothic heroine of tragic proportions that others had suggested. The official story, the 'truth', has only had Maxim's version of events to consider. But all that is about to change ... |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Sphere |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award 2002
Short-listed for WH Smith Thumping Good Read Book Award 2002 |
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