New York: Doubleday & Company, The Country Life Press. 1946. Edition: First US Book Club edition., Binding: Full green cloth boards. Spine with gilt lettering, title in gilt on black. Front edges uncut. Top edges red. With colour-illustrated dust jacket, unclipped. , Notes: A very good example of this gothic historical romance inspired by the discovery of a skeleton found on the property of Menabilly, where du Maurier was staying when she wrote the novel.

Dame Daphne du Maurier (1907 – 1989) was an English novelist, biographer, and playwright. Her famous novel Rebecca was written a few years before the publication of The King’s General. The latter was the first novel Du Maurier wrote while living at Menabilly, which served as the setting for Rebecca, in which it is called “Manderley.” The writing of the novel was accompanied by prolific research, in which Du Maurier was assisted by Oenone Rashleigh, whose family owned Menabilly, and historian A. L. Rowse, to ensure the historical accuracy of her presentation of the Devon/Cornwall setting at the time of the Civil War. The historical precision and accuracy made it popular among local people, but the novel's reviews did not praise this aspect, which disappointed Du Maurier. The inspiration for the novel came from a discovery by William Rashleigh of a skeleton when involved in renovation work on the house. The skeleton was thought to belong to a Cavalier of the Civil War because of its clothing.

, Size: 8vo., Category: Book Literature;. Slight sunning of board edges, wear to jacket edges. Interior is clean and crisp. Item #B6754

Price: $275.00