Julius

by du Maurier, Daphne

• ISBN13: 9781844080687
• ISBN10: 1844080684
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-04
• Publisher: Virago

Summary

Julius Levy grows up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine. A quick-witted urchin caught up in the Franco-Prussian War, he is soon forced by tragedy to escape to Algeria. Once there, he learns the ease of swindling, the rewards of love affairs and the value of secrecy.Before he's twenty, he is in London, where his empire-building begins in earnest, and he becomes a rich a very ruthless man. Throughout his life, Julius is driven by a hunger for power, his one weakness his daughter, Gabriel. But even she is expendable . . .A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's third novel has lost none of its ability to unsettle and disturb.Previously published under the title The Progress of Julius

Author Biography

Daphne du Maurier (1907-89) was born in London, the daughter of the famous actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and granddaughter of George du Maurier, the author and artist. In 1931 her first novel, The Loving Spirit, was published. A biography of her father and three other novels followed, but it was the novel Rebecca that launched her into the literary stratosphere and made her one of the most popular authors of her day. In 1932, du Maurier married Major Frederick Browning, with whom she had three children.
Many of du Maurier's bestselling novels and short stories were adapted into award-winning films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now. In 1969 du Maurier was awarded a DBE. She lived most of her life in Cornwall, the setting for many of her books.

Table of Contents

1860-1872: Childhood	p. 3
1875-1890: Youth	p. 67
1890-1910: Manhood	p. 147
1910-1920: The Middle Years	p. 217
1920-1932: 'And After'	p. 287
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