Roman Scherz Knihy

Anglická spisovateľka Daphne du Maurier (nar. 1907 v Londýne) sa po skončení štúdií v Paríži vracia do vlasti. Bohaté skúsenosti ju priam uspôsobili, aby ich preliala do literatúry. Daphne du Maurier získala úspech románom Rebeka, ktorý pre pútavý príbeh prenikol v desiatkach prekladov do cudzích rečí (bol aj sfilmovaný) najmä medzi stredné, široké čitateľské vrstvy na celom svete. Krásna a mŕtva Rebeka dlho hádže svoj tieň na novú, mladú a neskúsenú paniu zámku v Manderley uprostred rozorvanej a tajomnej prírody na juhovýchodnom pobreží Cornwallu. V dramatickom deji, ktorý sa v poslednej časti priam detektívne valí k vyústeniu, sa odhalí ozajstná príčina smrti krásnej Rebeky, aj keď sa pravda nesmela dostať na verejnosť. Nová pani v Manderley sa zbaví posadnutia, nájde pokoj a napokon hádam aj šťastie.

When her grandfather dies without leaving a male heir, Charlotte Drummond and her mother are forced to leave their family home, Clonmara. A distant cousin, Richard Selwin, inherits her grandfather’s estate and the title of Lord Blodmore. He also claims Charlotte’s heart, but a cruel twist of fate prevents them from being together. Charlotte and her mother begin a new life in the Spanish town of Jerez among the families and vineyards of the great Spanish sherry dynasties. There she discovers the surprising secrets of her grandfather’s younger life, and the mystery surrounding “the Summer of the Spanish Woman” many decades before. As Charlotte learns more about the events of that long-ago summer she realises that its far-reaching consequences stretch into the present. Drawn into a web of deceit and vengeance, her destiny is shaped by both her enemies and her allies in this foreign land. And she must confront Isabel, Marquesa de Pontevedra, whose presence casts light or shadow over those whose lives she seeks to control.