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My Cousin Rachel - A Sprig of Holly: Notes on Gibbeting (with Reference to the Case of Tom Jenkyn)


MCR Book Cover

Image of a firsted edtion copy of My Cousin Rachel (1951)


A Gibbet

A Gibbet

Undated watercolour and ink on paper (36 x 27.5 cm) by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827): 

Yale Center for British Art


From time to time, Stephen Alexander writes pieces about Daphne du Maurier's books for his blog Torpedo the Ark.  We have reposted many of his du Maurier-related blogs in our website's Interesting Facts section under the heading, A series of Daphne du Maurier-related blogs from Stephen Alexander.  

Today, we bring you a piece he wrote in December about My Cousin Rachel.  

Please click here to read his latest work and his other du Maurier-related blogs: https://www.dumaurier.org/menu_page.php?id=161


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