Mary Anne [Paperback]

<p><em>The highly anticipated reissue of the du Maurier classics American fans have been waiting for</em></p><p>"Daphne du Maurier has no equal."<br /><strong>Sunday Telegraph</strong></p><p>" Likely to rank as the author's best book."<br /><strong>Saturday Review</strong></p><p>"This novel catches fire."<br /><strong>New York Times</strong></p><p>She set men's hearts on fire and scandalized a country</p><p>Master storyteller Daphne du Maurier evokes the rise and fall of one of her most unforgettable characters.</p><p>An ambitious, stunning, and seductive young woman, Mary Anne finds the single most rewarding way to rise above her miserable cockney world: she will become the mistress to a royal duke. In doing so, she provokes a scandal that rocks Regency England. Mary Anne glitters with sex, scandal, corruption, and the privileged world of high society.</p><p>Based on the true story of one of du Maurier's own distant relatives, Mary Anne's love of money and the men who spend it embroil her in risks that threaten her very existence.</p><strong>Daphne du Maurier</strong>'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.