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- ISBN 9780349020754
- Dimensions: 126 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 12 Nov 2026
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA
'What a magnificent thriller this is' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
'A good original novel, well tinged with nightmare' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
He was my shadow, or I was his, and we were bound to each other through eternity.
Two men - one English, one French - meet by chance in a railway station. Their resemblance is uncanny, and they spend the night talking and drinking together. But when John wakes the next morning that he realises his French companion has stolen his identity and disappeared. Forced to step into his doppelganger's shoes, John finds himself entangled in a web of secrets: as owner of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a fractious family, and master of nothing.
'A sublime and gothic genius. She is in a league of her own' CAMILLA GRUDOVA
'Gripping . . . It has great literary sophistication and an alienated post-war male conscience at its core' LISA APPIGNANESI
Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) was born in London, England. 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 stratosphere and made her one of the most popular authors of her day. In 1932, du Maurier married Major Frederick Browning with whom she had three children.
Many of du Maurier's bestselling novels and short stories were adapted into award-winning films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now. In 1969, du Maurier was awarded the Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE). She lived most of her life in Cornwall and died there which is the setting for many of her books.
