Jamaica Inn
Jamaica Inn
Jamaica Inn
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Her mother's dying request takes Mary Yellan on a sad journey across the bleak moorland of Cornwall to reach Jamaica Inn, the home of her Aunt Patience. With the coachman's warning echoing in her memory, Mary arrives at a dismal place to find Patience a changed woman, cowering from her overbearing husband, Joss Merlyn.
Affected by the Inn's brooding power, Mary is thwarted in her attention to reform her aunt, and unwillingly drawn into the dark deeds of Joss and his accomplices. And, as she struggles with events beyond her control, Mary is further thrown by her feelings for a man she dare not trust....
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“Dead men tell no tales, Mary.”
The story of Mary Wellan and her journey to the haunting, dark and fascinating Cornish cost. The tale of a land haunted by terrible crimes, where the souls of the lost cry for justice. A story of obsession, secrecy and violence. A woman's determination to help the ones in need and to find a path of her own.
I first read Jamaica Inn at the age of thirteen and since then, Cornwall has occupied a significant place in my heart. Images of moonlit rocks, stormy waves and a lantern flickering in the dark...Many contemporary writers have tried to imitate the tone, the atmosphere and the characterization of Daphne du Maurier's masterpiece.
Yeah, right...
“Because I want to; because I must; because now and forever more this is where I belong to be.”
