Daphne du Maurier the press." Shortly after "Rebecca" was published in Brazil, critic Álvaro Lins () and other readers pointed out many resemblances to the 1934 book, "A Sucessora" ("The Successor"), by Brazilian writer Carolina Nabuco. According to Nabuco and her editor, not only the main plot, but also situations and entire dialogues had been copied. Du Maurier denied having copied Nabuco's book, as did her publisher, pointing out that the plot elements used in "Rebecca" said to have been plagiarized were quite common. The controversy was examined in a 6 November 2002 article in "The New York Times". The article said that
The Rose of Tibet is set at the time of the Chinese invasion in 1950. Graham Greene said of the novel: "I hadn’t realised how much I had missed the genuine adventure story until I read "The Rose of Tibet"", while Daphne du Maurier wrote: 'It has all the excitement of "King Solomon's Mines"' Author Barry Gifford considers this book the one he wishes he had written. He has written about it in his collection of essays "The Cavalry Charges" and has called it 'a genuine work of literature. I was immediately charmed by the device Davidson employed to entice the reader into believing