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The Flight Of The Falcon
Daphne Du Maurier
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Description for The Flight Of The Falcon
Paperback. * A masterpiece of haunting atmosphere and hypnotic suspense Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 216.
As a young guide for Sunshine Tours, Armino Fabbio leads a pleasant, if humdrum life - until he becomes circumstantially involved in the death of an old peasant woman in Rome. The woman, he gradually comes to realise, was his family's beloved servant many years ago, in his native town of Ruffano. He returns to his birthplace, and once there, finds it is haunted by the phantom of his brother, Aldo, shot down in flames during the war. Over five hundred years before, the sinister Duke Claudio, known as The Falcon, lived his twisted, brutal life, preying ... Read more
As a young guide for Sunshine Tours, Armino Fabbio leads a pleasant, if humdrum life - until he becomes circumstantially involved in the death of an old peasant woman in Rome. The woman, he gradually comes to realise, was his family's beloved servant many years ago, in his native town of Ruffano. He returns to his birthplace, and once there, finds it is haunted by the phantom of his brother, Aldo, shot down in flames during the war. Over five hundred years before, the sinister Duke Claudio, known as The Falcon, lived his twisted, brutal life, preying ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Virago Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844080700
SKU
V9781844080700
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About Daphne Du Maurier
Daphne du Maurier (1907-89) was born in London, the daughter of the famous actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and granddaughter of George du Maurier, the author and artist. In 1931 her first novel, The Loving Spirit, was published. A biography of her father and three other novels followed, but it was the novel Rebecca that launched her into the literary ... Read more
Reviews for The Flight Of The Falcon
She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense, and she was, too, a writer of fearless originality - Guardian One of the last century's most original literary talents - Daily Telegraph