Jamaica Inn (novel) moor, she comes across Jem, leading a cart with all of his possessions, headed in the opposite direction of Helford. After some discussion, Mary decides to abandon her plans to return to Helford to go with Jem. The characters presented throughout the novel include (in order of introduction): Jamaica Inn (novel) Jamaica Inn is a novel by the English writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in 1936. It was later made into a film, also called "Jamaica Inn", directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It is a period piece set in Cornwall in 1820. It was inspired by du Maurier's 1930 stay
Battle of the Inn Battle of the Inn The Battle of the Inn was fought in 913, when a Hungarian raiding army, at their return from plunder attacks against Bavaria, Swabia and Northern Burgundy, faced the combined army of Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria, counts Erchanger and Burchard of Swabia, and lord Udalrich, who defeat them at Aschbach by river Inn. The skirmish at the Inn river is mentioned by the "Annales Alamannici" (continued by Hermann of Reichenau in the 11th century), the "Annales iuvavenses", the "Continuatio Treverensis chronici Reginonis" (the continuation of Regino of Prüm's "Chronicon", who wrote at Trier in 967) and the