Both a spellbinding love story and a superb evocation of Cornwall's mythic past, Castle Dor is a book with unique and fascinating origins. It began...
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Feb 07, 2011
Hannah
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Set in 1860's Cronwall, Castle Dor weaves the boring tale of Amyot (a young Breton sailor) and Linnet (the young and beautiful wife of an extremely old man). How the pair meet, love and ultimately live out the tragic end of their fabled counterparts (Tristan & Iseult) makes for a snooze fest of epic proportions.
Hard to imagine Daphne duMaurier co-authored this book. IMO, Arthur Quiller-Couch wrote the majority of it, since it was extremely dry and esoteric, and I know for a fact th More...
Hard to imagine Daphne duMaurier co-authored this book. IMO, Arthur Quiller-Couch wrote the majority of it, since it was extremely dry and esoteric, and I know for a fact th More...
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Mar 05, 2010
Misfit
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"Not in your world.....but in some borderland of buried kings and lovers"
Linnette Lewarne, married to a much older man, meets Breton Amyot by pure chance and their fates are forever sealed as they begin to relive a past that has happened time and time again through the centuries - that of Tristan and Iseult. Doctor Carfax watches from the sidelines as he puts the pieces of the puzzle together with that of the legends and ends with a race against time to stop the legend from More...
Linnette Lewarne, married to a much older man, meets Breton Amyot by pure chance and their fates are forever sealed as they begin to relive a past that has happened time and time again through the centuries - that of Tristan and Iseult. Doctor Carfax watches from the sidelines as he puts the pieces of the puzzle together with that of the legends and ends with a race against time to stop the legend from More...
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Aug 07, 2011
Bev
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Synopsis: "The castle and the hills around it had seen a doomed love affair before, but the impulsive young woman and the impressionable young lad from Brittany with whom she discovered a love heretofore denied her knew nothing of the past. They knew only the present--a present suddenly alive with enchantment, love and danger.
Linnet Lewarne at nineteen was married to a crotchety, wealthy man forty years her senior. One day there came to the seaport town where they lived a Breton More...
Linnet Lewarne at nineteen was married to a crotchety, wealthy man forty years her senior. One day there came to the seaport town where they lived a Breton More...
Mar 05, 2010
Misfit
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"Not in your world.....but in some borderland of buried kings and lovers"
Linnette Lewarne, married to a much older man, meets Breton Amyot by pure chance and their fates are forever sealed as they begin to relive a past that has happened time and time again through the centuries - that of Tristan and Iseult. Doctor Carfax watches from the sidelines as he puts the pieces of the puzzle together with that of the legends and ends with a race against time to stop the legend from More...
Linnette Lewarne, married to a much older man, meets Breton Amyot by pure chance and their fates are forever sealed as they begin to relive a past that has happened time and time again through the centuries - that of Tristan and Iseult. Doctor Carfax watches from the sidelines as he puts the pieces of the puzzle together with that of the legends and ends with a race against time to stop the legend from More...
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Mar 21, 2011
Luckngrace
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I began this book because I saw that Daphne DuMaurier had finished the last book of Mr. Quiller-Couch who had died. Aside from a few delightful superstitions and anecdotes, I just couldn't get into the book. I had trouble deciphering the very old way of speaking or writing. I may try it again sometime but for now it just didn't work.
Aug 27, 2011
Sarah
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Set in the mythic past of Cornwall this book was right up Daphne du Maurier's alley. Started by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Daphne du Maurier finished it and it is almost impossible to see where the change in author occurs. I didn't think it was one of Daphne's best, but it was definitely her style of book.
Sep 16, 2009
Carrie
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A trajic love story centuries old repeated itself on the very lands where it previously occurred. Despite the efforts of Dr. Carfax to stop its progress - then came - just as with Tristan and Isuelt but for Amyst and Linnet.
Aug 16, 2011
Zzoeeeee
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As soon as Daphne Du Maurier took up the story I knew I would love this book. It is sweet and moody at the same time, full of the beauty of Cornwall. To not read "Tristan and Iseult" after this would be to deny myself joy.
May 17, 2009
Rita
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Story of Tristan & Iseult which was relived by Linnet and Amyot 1300 years later. A bit spooky. I love Cornwall and you could imagine it's lanes & ancient sites.
May 26, 2011
Janet
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An interesting re-telling of the story of Tristan and Iseult. The countryside of Cornwall is beautifully rendered and there are many allusions to the original story, so I found it to be fascinating. Cornwall is now on my bucket list for travel.
Mar 15, 2010
Laura
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In my opinion, Athur Thomas was able to write only the first part of this book, since I recognized the unmistakable style of Dame du Maurier in the beginning of part 2. Any other guess??
Dec 23, 2011
Emma
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Started by du Maurier's father and completed by her upon his death it is almost impossible to tell where he finished and she picked it up, so flawlessly does she imitate his style. The moderate update to an old story, that of Tristan and Iseult, is well done except I struggled to engage with Linnet, the Iseult to onion-seller Amyot Trestane's Tristan. As always I enjoyed du Maurier's writing style but failed to fully sympahise with the characters, Linnet seems immature and selfish making Amyot's
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Oct 24, 2010
Kate
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An interesting version of Tristan and Iseult. I quite like Daphne's writing.
Jan 04, 2012
Georgina
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Not the usual Du Maurier fare, I found this turgid and unengaging - I forced myself to finish it. If Tristan and Iseult is one of the greatest love stories in literature - this was one of the worst. Its only charm is the evocation of historic Cornwall that Du Maurier does so well.
Mar 05, 2010
Sara
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If you enjoy the story of Tristan and Isolde then you will enjoy this book. It wasn't my favorite Daphne Du Maurier book (she co-authored it). But it was still a fun read. It is set in the 1840's but it reaches through time to tell a timeless love story.
Mar 05, 2010
Julie
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A retelling of the Tristan and Isolde tale, not very good and hard to get into. Daphne Du Maurier worked on finishing this book for the author so I thought I would read it, the story gets better once she picks up the writing.
Jul 05, 2008
Linda
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retelling of the story of Tristan and Isolde by the masterful duMaurier
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