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- Sally Beauman 'I turned the page and discovered the two title words written in black ink, in a child's spiky hand, the tail of the last letter curling down the page in a long punning flourish: Rebecca's Tale....' April 1951. It is twenty years since the death of Rebecca, the hauntingly beautiful first wife of Maxim de Winter. It is twenty years since the inquest, which famously - and controversially - passed a verdict of suicide. Twenty years since Manderley, the de Winter ancient family seat, was razed to the ground. But Rebecca's tale is just beginning. On the twentieth anniversary of her death, family friend Colonel Julyan - who also presided over the notorious inquest - receives an anonymous parcel in the post. It contains a black notebook with two handwritten words on the title page - Rebecca's Tale - and two pictures: a photograph of Rebecca as a young child, and a postcard of Manderley. Julyan's conscience has never been clear over the official version of Rebecca's death. Was it really suicide, or was it actually murder? Was Rebecca the manipulative, promiscuous femme fatale her husband claimed, or the gothic heroine of tragic proportions that others had suggested? The official story, the 'truth' has only ever had Maxim's version of events to consider. But all that is about to change..... Sally Beauman has taken Daphne du Maurier's celebrated twentieth-century classic, Rebecca, and crafted a compelling companion for the twenty-first. Haunting, evocative, mesmerising, Rebecca's Tale is for anyone who has ever dreamt of going back to Manderley again. published by LITTLE.BROWN in the UK
Sally Beauman was born in Devon, and graduated from Girton College, Cambridge. As a journalist, she has worked in America for 'New York Magazine', and has written for the 'New Yorker'. In England, she has worked for the Daily Telegraph, for Vogue, and was editor of Queen Magazine. She has published two works of non-fiction, including The Royal
Shakespeare Company: A History of Ten Decades. Her novels: Destiny, Dark
Angel and the series Lovers and Liars, Danger Zones and Sextet, have been
translated into over twenty languages and have been best-sellers world-wide.
Sally Beauman lives with her family in London and Gloucestershire
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