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Title details for The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier - Available

The House on the Strand

by Daphne du Maurier
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The classic time travel novel from the legendary writer behind Rebecca and "The Birds." 
"The House on the Strand is prime du Maurier." —New York Times
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 scientific research.
When Dick samples Magnus's potion, he finds himself doing the impossible: traveling through time while staying in place, thrown all the way back into Medieval Cornwall. The concoction wear off after several hours, but its effects are intoxicating and Dick cannot resist his newfound powers. As his journeys increase, Dick begins to resent the days he must spend in the modern world, longing ever more fervently to get back into his world of centuries before, and the home of the beautiful Lady Isolda...
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Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Kindle Book

  • ISBN: 9780316279826
  • Release date: December 17, 2013

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780316252997
  • Release date: December 17, 2013

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780316252997
  • File size: 2348 KB
  • Release date: December 17, 2013

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Fiction Literature Suspense Thriller

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English

The classic time travel novel from the legendary writer behind Rebecca and "The Birds." 
"The House on the Strand is prime du Maurier." —New York Times
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 scientific research.
When Dick samples Magnus's potion, he finds himself doing the impossible: traveling through time while staying in place, thrown all the way back into Medieval Cornwall. The concoction wear off after several hours, but its effects are intoxicating and Dick cannot resist his newfound powers. As his journeys increase, Dick begins to resent the days he must spend in the modern world, longing ever more fervently to get back into his world of centuries before, and the home of the beautiful Lady Isolda...
Expand title description text
Fiction Literature Suspense Thriller