Loving Spirit

by Daphne Du Maurier (Author), Daphne Du Maurier (Author), Daphne Du Maurier (Author), Dumaurier (Author)

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  Paperback
  1994

  $3.43

  Daphne du Maurier's exuberant Cornish romance featuring passion and drama, sailing ships, and the glory of wind and sea. Janet Coombe was born with the loving spirit and she passed it on to her son. In her great-granddaughter Jennifer it appeared again, to break down the barrier of years.

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  Paperback
  1975

  $3.65

• New

  Paperback
  2004

  $11.93

  Cornwall, 1900s. Plyn Boat Yard is a hive of activity, and Janet Coombe longs to share in the excitement of seafaring: to travel, to have adventures, to know freedom. But constrained by the times, instead she marries her cousin Thomas, a boat builder, and settles down to raise a family. Janet's loving spirit - the passionate yearning for adventure and for love - is passed down to her son, and through him to his children's children. As generations of the family struggle against hardship and loss, their intricately plotted history is set against the greater backdrop of war and social change in Britain. Her debut novel, The Loving Spirit established du Maurier's reputation and style with an inimitable blend of romance, history and adventure.