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by Daphne Du Maurier (Author), Ella Westland (Introduction)
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  • Paperback: 340 pages
  • Publisher: Virago Press Ltd; New edition edition (4 Mar 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844080633
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844080632
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 260,717 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Consistently entertaining' SUNDAY TIMES 'The spirit of Britannia embodied' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

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'It is rather awful, Emma thought as she walked across the fields down to the farm, how this business is leading us all into subterfuge and deception, and we can't really tell who is friend and who is enemy ...' Emma wakes up one morning to an apocalyptic world. The cosy existence she shares with her grandmother, a famous retired actress, has been shattered: there's no post, no telephone, no radio - and an American warship sits in the harbour. As the two women piece together clues about the 'friendly' military occupation on their doorstep, family, friends and neighbours gather round to protect their heritage. In this chilling novel of the future, Daphne du Maurier explores the implications of a political, economic and military alliance between Britain and the United States.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as Rebecca; still alarmingly relevant., 13 April 2005
I didn't have the problem with this novel that other reviewers seem to have had, and the premise is fairly simple: set in a world-that-might-have-been the story begins after the UK pulls out of the Common Market shortly after joining, wreaking economic havoc. America, the public are told, is stepping in to help re-stabilise the country and put the UK back on the road to prosperity.

By means of the army.

After that, the story is mostly concerned with the resistance movement, centred around the household of Mad, a retired actress, with passing referrences made to similar resistance around the country and the problems caused by those willing to blindly collaborate with the US-UK plan to turn the nation into something of a theme park for American civilians to come and gawp at.

The interesting point here is that, despite being over 30 years old, the basic topic is still disturbingly relevant - the central plot, and the reasons why people resist a hostile invasion force, even when it invades in the name of their own good, have arguably more force in today's world than they did when the book was written, even if the UK wasn't the place to be invaded.

It's a fairly feel-good book, all things considered, and one you can read without too much effort; basically light reading with some interesting points to reflect on and, whilst it's not one of du Maurier's best, it's still worth reading.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Orwell meets Cold Comfort Farm, 1 Oct 2007
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After reading The Scapegoat, and The Flight of the Falcon, set in France and Italy respectively, it is good to be back on familiar Cornish ground with this good-humored yet pointed and poignant work. However, Travanel and its inhabitants are a world removed from the Gothic romance of Manderley or Jamaica Inn. This, Du Maurier's final novel, comes across more as an Orwellian style cautionary tale set in Stella Gibbon's Cold Comfort Farm. While her usual bounds of propriety are never overstepped, she doesn't shrink away from the occasional vulgarity; the bits where the youngest boys in the adopted family are learning to use profanities by way of faltering Spoonerisms are actually charming; and the acronym for the United States teamed with the United Kingdom - USUK - has been appropriated as an epithet by a younger generation(at least in America). Though the mood of hi-jinks and good humor is maintained throughout the novel, many serious ethical and political issues are touched upon. It's a pity that this very enjoyable, extremely well-written, and still quite topical book isn't better known!

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2.0 out of 5 stars I only finished this because it was by Daphne du Maurier..., 1 April 2007
Not one of her best known novels. I think that's probably because it deals with some uncomfortably "close to home" issues. Politically, a bit of a hot potato, especially in today's climate. It's rather simplistic but the premise is thought-provoking. Invasion for one's own good. The cavalry come over the hill to save Britain - good thing or bad thing? Not fully finished by Ms Maurier either - she needed to revisit the book to deepen the characterisation and develop the story.
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3.0 out of 5 stars An Enjoyable Read
I've just finished this thoughroughly enjoyable book. It is very much a light read and not one of the great dystopia novels but very good nonetheless. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Alison Roughsedge

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother with this novel--it will only bring down your opinion of Du Maurier as a writer
Daphne was clearly out of her element here. The pale attempts at humour are very pale, indeed, and have not stood the test of time. Read more
Published 17 months ago by ctkenye

1.0 out of 5 stars A Wasted Premise
I generally read about 100-150 books a year, and of that, there are usually only two or three I don't finish. This is one of them. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2005 by A. Ross

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