Frenchman's Creek

Loved this book.It had pirates.It had Frenchmen.It had a love story.It had intrigue.It had scandal.It had clean language.It had beautiful writing.It's a great read....

"Do you remember my father’s aviary in Hampshire, and how the birds there were well fed, and could fly about their cage? And one day I set a linnet free, and it flew straight out of my hands towards...

Frenchman’s Creek by Daphne du Maurier is a 2003 publication. (This novel was originally published in 1941) Adventurous and unique side of Daphne du Maurier-Bored in her marriage, Dona heads to her ...

I. Am. Shook. I had no expectation or idea of this book, as I never read book blurbs and haven't seen any of the adaptations. But seriously ... decadence; such a free-spirited but self aware female pr...

A romantic, swashbuckling type of tale from the talented Daphne du Maurier that, unfortunately, fell flat for me. Lady Dona St. Columb is a noblewoman in 17th century England, discontented with her hu...

Frenchman's Creek is the third book I read of Daphne du Maurier following My Cousin Rachel and Rebecca . And naturally, I expected a mystery. But I was really surprised to find that Frenchman's Cre...

Suddenly the sails caught the breeze and filled, they bellied out in the wind, lovely and white and free, the gulls rose in a mass, screaming above the masts, the setting sun caught the   painted sh...

4+ Stars. Daphne du Maurier brings her true love of boating and the sea to life in this most enjoyable 17th century atmospheric tale of swashbuckling fun.The excitement begins soon after Lady Dona lea...

Frenchman's Creek, Daphne du MaurierFrenchman's Creek is a 1941 historical novel by Daphne du Maurier. Dona, Lady St. Columb, makes a sudden visit with her children to Navron, her husband's remote est...

3.5~4★“‘Oh, he is that sort of pirate, then?’ murmured Dona. ‘No lives have been lost as yet, and none of our women have been taken,’ said Godolphin stiffly, ‘but as this fellow is a Fre...