CASTLE D´OR

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originální anglická četba Both a spellbinding love story and a superb evocation  of Cornwall's mythic past, Castle Dor is a book with unique and  fascinating origins.  It began life as the unfinished last novel of Sir Arthur Quiller-  Couch, the celebrated 'Q', and was passed by his daughter to Daphne du  Maurier whose storytelling skills were perfectly suited to the task of  completing the old master's tale.  The result is this magical, compelling recreation of the legend of  Tristan and Iseult, transplanted in time to the Cornwall of the last  century. A chance encounter between the Breton onion-seller, Amyot  Trestane, and the newly-wed Linnet Lewarne launches their tragic  story, taking them in the fateful footsteps of the doomed lovers of  Cornish legend ...
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Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch was born in Cornwall in 1863, and the county, its history, and its people were to have a marked influence on his life and writing. His final, unfinished novel,  Castle Dor , was completed after his death by another writer with strong Cornish connections, Daphne du Maurier.