false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170367919m/50246.jpg 50246 19 Dick Young is lent a house in Cornwall by his friend Professor Magnus Lane. During his stay he agrees to serve as a guinea pig for a new drug that Magnus has discovered in his biochemical researches. The effect of this drug is to transport Dick from the house at Kilmarth to the Cornwall of the 14th century. There, in the manor of Tywardreath, the domain of Sir Henry Champernoune, he witnesses intrigue, adultery and murder. As his time traveling increases, Dick resents more and more the days he must spend in the modern world, longing ever more fervently to get back into his world of centuries before ... 2676775 1969 The House on the Strand total:715|5:182|4:240|3:209|2:69|1:15| 715 2650 1110 106 5 4 false false Sat Dec 01 07:11:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 10:18:38 -0800 2007
This is DuMaurier at her best. Set in Cornwall (which, haven't been there, is a really good setting for...more...]]> 2 3 false false Sat May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 14:55:39 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 15:01:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 08:22:42 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 12:40:42 -0700 2009
While vacationing at the Cornwall home of old chum Magnus, Richard Young is convinced to act as guinea pig for his friend's latest experiment - a drug that enables the mind to travel into the past - although the bod...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 16:33:39 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 23:29:03 -0700 2008
Coming on the heels of A Travelle...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 05 13:27:47 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 15 06:54:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 08:51:30 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:34:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Sat Dec 06 09:09:11 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 09:17:29 -0800 2008 3 times at least When Daphne DuMaurier had to leave her home of 25 years, Menabilly close to Gribbin Head (the model for Manderley in "Rebecca") outside of Fowey, her husband signed a lease for another house close-by owned by the same Rashleigh family who ow...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Sep 01 09:43:54 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 10:08:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 09:49:27 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 06:09:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 16:07:37 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 13:09:38 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 15:39:39 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 13:01:56 -0700 2009 Rebecca and Don't Look Now and Other Stories, and I was curious as to how she was at time travel.

Richard has quit his job in publishing and is newly married to Vita, an American woman with ...more...]]> 4 0 true false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 10:17:26 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 10:19:33 -0700 2009 1
First du Maurier's main character is a man, "Dick Young"...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 19 06:58:41 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 09:59:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 12 05:49:30 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 06:08:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 08:33:26 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 08:05:47 -0700 2009 Having previously loved Rebecca I though I'd give this a try and wish I hadn't. The story line is a great idea, but never followed through as one would hope. Firstly in Dick's relationship with Magnus where a strong bond is implied, Magnus dies at the one momen...more...]]> 3 0 false true Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 15:41:44 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 20:30:24 -0700 2009
Other than that, I learned several things from this book:
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Du Maurier seems to favor putti...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 12 10:54:39 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 08:04:52 -0700 2008 Rebecca (a favorite of mine). The only similarities that this novel has to others by du Maurier are the...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 11:06:23 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 08 09:19:06 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 08:54:21 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 09:01:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=50246