Frenchman's Creek (Cover to Cover)

Product Description<br/><br/><br/>During the reign of Charles II, a rebellious noblewoman abandons her Cornwall estate to sail with her pirate lover.<br/><br/><br/>Review<br/><br/><br/>"Daphne du Maurier's<br/>Frenchman's Creek is archetypal escapist fiction, hauntingly evoked by John Castle." --<br/>Times Educational Supplement<br/><br/>"For classic literature, check out the new "Cover to Cover" series. All are 19th and 20th century works produced in England. They are handsomely packaged in sturdy, decorative cardboard boxes. The series carries the exclusive Royal Warrant from Charles, Prince of Wales." --<br/>The Boston Globe, January 1999<br/><br/>"These Cover to Cover tapes offer up a delectable feast for fans of the spoken word. We're talking class act here - from the elegant covers to the accomplished readers." --<br/>Deirdre Donahue, USA TODAY, December 3, 1998<br/><br/><br/>About the Author<br/><br/><br/>Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) wrote many bestselling novels including<br/>Rebecca,<br/>My Cousin Rachel, and<br/>Jamaica Inn, all of which have been adapted to film. She was born in London and was educated at home and in Paris. Disliking town life, she lived in Cornwall which became the setting for many of her most successful books.<br/><br/><br/>From AudioFile<br/><br/><br/>Though not as good as her exquisite REBECCA or the plot-twisting MY COUSIN RACHEL (few books are), Daphne du Maurier's FRENCHMAN'S CREEK is still a compelling story and a good listen. It's a seventeenth-century costume drama, in which the lead player, Lady St. Columb ("milady"), has left London and her husband out of boredom and gone alone to her country estate in Cornwall. There she encounters a French pirate, a man of wit, urbanity, civility, and charm and, on a whim, joins his pirate crew. Though matters are a bit predictable from then on, reader John Castle's excellent narration will keep you changing cassettes. Properly dramatic (on occasion overly so), skilled in pronunciation niceties, and obviously interested in the story, Castle is a good choice for this book. One caveat: Castle frequently lowers his voice for dramatic effect so that you rush to the volume knob. But the effort is worthwhile. T.H. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine