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
The Loving Spirit from the Fowey side of the ferry crossing. Nearby Lanteglos church is where Janet Coombe (Slade) was married and where Janet and other family members are buried. Daphne du Maurier was married at the same church in 1933 to Frederick Browning who had decided to visit Fowey having read the book "The Loving Spirit". The Loving Spirit The Loving Spirit was the first novel of Daphne du Maurier and was published in 1931 by William Heinemann. The book takes its name from a poem by Emily Brontë. Daphne du Maurier began work on the book in October 1929 at Ferryside,