Picardie

I felt this was the strongest part of the novel – Picardie is particularly good at showing people on the crumbling edge of madness, and the scenes where Daphne, overwrought with the strain of pretence and stoicism, starts to collapse into paranoia are especially striking.

Daphne and Rebecca « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

When writers such as Daphne du Maurier and the Brontes have meant as much to me as they have for so many years, a book like Daphne by Justine Picardie is both compelling and irresistible and also vaguely worrying.

Daphne 2008

When writers such as Daphne du Maurier and the Brontes have meant as much to me as they have for so many years, a book like Daphne by Justine Picardie is both compelling and irresistible and also vaguely worrying.

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When writers such as Daphne du Maurier and the Brontes have meant as much to me as they have for so many years, a book like Daphne by Justine Picardie is both compelling and irresistible and also vaguely worrying.

Daphne 2008

Her distinctive character comes to life in Picardie’s fictional portrait, which is a complex novelistic homage to du Maurier and her most famous book, Rebecca.

Cover to Cover 2008

Her distinctive character comes to life in Picardie’s fictional portrait, which is a complex novelistic homage to du Maurier and her most famous book, Rebecca.

Cover to Cover 2008

Here is a link on "lavoirs & lavandières" in those days in some villages in the "Picardie" region.

lavoir - French Word-A-Day 2009

The era Picardie chooses is the late 1950s, when du Maurier was struggling with both personal and professional crises.

Daphne and Rebecca « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

Picardie keeps very true to life, by this account.

Daphne and Rebecca « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

I will try Picardie instead, which will then probably lead me to some sort of biography of the Brontes.

Daphne and Rebecca « Tales from the Reading Room 2009