{"product_id":"last-night-i-dreamt","title":"Last Night I Dreamt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intimate, revelatory family biography of the iconic writer Daphne du Maurier, by her eldest surviving grandson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn into a famous artistic dynasty, Daphne grew up in an atmosphere of bohemian privilege. At a time when girls of her class were not expected to have a career, she defied convention and moved to Cornwall to pursue her ambition to become a writer. There, over six decades, she dreamt up the stories that have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide and still haunt our cultural imagination, including \u003ci\u003eRebecca, Jamaica Inn \u003c\/i\u003eand 'The Birds'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Night I Dreamt \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how the turbulence and contradictions of Daphne's own life - spanning war, affairs, and unrequited love - inspired her writing. It also uncovers the powerful influence of her notable forebears, in particular her domineering father Gerald, the most famous actor-manager of his generation, and her grandfather George, a renowned Victorian novelist and cartoonist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul de Zulueta, Daphne's eldest surviving grandchild, has drawn on private family archives, new interviews and his own memories of his grandmother, a woman who profoundly shaped his life. In doing so, he gives us an extraordinary look into the world of Daphne du Maurier with rare closeness and emotional candour, and a moving portrait of one of the great British artistic families of the 19th and 20th centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48231288733867,"sku":"9780349020440","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0610\/0477\/5595\/files\/9780349020440.jpg?v=1791805490","url":"https:\/\/bforbutterflybooks.com\/products\/last-night-i-dreamt","provider":"BForButterflyBooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}