Julius

Daphne Du Maurier, Julie Myerson

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Virago
01 April 2018

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Virago Modern Classics

Julius Levy has grown up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine. A quick-witted urchin caught up in the Franco-Prussian War, he is soon forced by tragedy to escape to Algeria.

Once there, he learns the ease of swindling, the rewards of love affairs, and the value of secrecy. Before he's twenty, he's in London, where his empire-building begins in earnest.

As Julius claws his way to wealth, he cares for no one - until Gabriel is born. The dark passions she inspires in her father will eventually destroy them both...

By: Daphne Du Maurier
Introduction by: Julie Myerson
Imprint: Virago
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 244g
ISBN: 9781844080687
ISBN 10: 1844080684
Series: Virago Modern Classics
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 April 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daphne du Maurier was born in 1906 and educated at home and in Paris. She began writing in 1928, and many of her bestselling novels were set in Cornwall, where she lived for most of her life. She was made a DBE in 1969 and died in 1989.

Reviews for Julius

One of the last century's most original literary talents * Daily Telegraph * She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense, and she was, too, a writer of fearless originality * Guardian *