Rebecca (novel) lucky one, returning like a wayward son to Manderley, I'd never be the same...". Steve Hackett included a song entitled "Rebecca," inspired by the novel, on his album "To Watch the Storms". In 2013, Devon watchmakers Du Maurier Watches, founded by the grandson of Daphne du Maurier, released a limited edition collection of two watches inspired by the characters from the novel – The Rebecca and The Maxim. Rebecca (novel) Rebecca is a Gothic novel by English author Dame Daphne du Maurier. A best-seller, "Rebecca" sold 2,829,313 copies between its publication in 1938 and 1965, and the book has never
Angela du Maurier "Treveryan". She lived at Ferryside, the family house in Cornwall, for most of her life. She died in Wandsworth, London, aged 97. According to the British Library Angela du Maurier wrote the following. Angela du Maurier Angela du Maurier (1 March 1904 – 5 February 2002) was an English novelist who also wrote two volumes of autobiography, "It's Only the Sister" (1951) and "Old Maids Remember". She was the sister of Daphne du Maurier. The eldest of three daughters of the famous actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and actress Muriel Beaumont (maternal niece of William Comyns Beaumont), she was born