{"product_id":"the-kings-general-paperback","title":"The King's General - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaphne Du Maurier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe highly anticipated reissue of the du Maurier classics American fans have been waiting for\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Daphne du Maurier has no equal.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs civil war rages across England, the weak prove their courage and the privileged become traitors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this sweeping, bittersweet saga, spellbinding author Daphne du Maurier recreates a most memorable and true love story. Honor Harris was glorious and vivacious. Sir Richard Grenville was a dashing colonel and a knight. They meet on the evening of her eighteenth birthday at the Duke of Buckingham's great ball and fall deeply in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon afterward tragedy strikes and they are separated by betrayal and war. Decades later, an undaunted Sir Richard, now a general serving King Charles I, finds her. Finally they can share their passion in the ruins of a great estate on the storm-tossed Cornish coast--one last time before being torn apart, never to embrace again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca made her one of the most successful writers of her time. Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of the book won the Best Picture Oscar in 1940. He later used her material for The Birds. In 1969, du Maurier was created a Dame of the British Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42151409713287,"sku":"9781402217081","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c20b6f91c70741e9a8d3432223251925.webp?v=1733206867","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-kings-general-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}