The House on the Strand - Daphne du Maurier

On a vacation at an ancient Manor house, a young man takes an experimental drug that transports him 600 years into the past , while leaving his body in the present.
The result, you wouldn't know if you are not in it , is , to put it in simple words – an-outstanding-must-read book.
This might be the best du Maurier I've read..

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luminous_infinitus said…

i couldnt agree more .. on Du Maurier being a class apart as a writer. Yeah.. she was very good.. well ahead of her time.
I too loved King's General. But liked house on strand more than Rebecca though.

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