The Birds: An exclusive free taster of AFTER MIDNIGHT: Thirteen Chilling Tales for the Dark Hours
About this ebook
'How long he fought with them in the darkness he could not tell, but at last the beating of the wings about him lessened and then withdrew . . .'
A classic of alienation and horror, The Birds was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. Discover Daphne du Maurier at her darkest in this free taster of After Midnight, the new collection of her most chilling tales with a brand-new introduction by Stephen King.
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'Her talent is a bright light that will guide you. These remarkable stories await' Stephen King
'A marvellously dark, unsettling collection. Tales of nature gone rogue, of morals gone askew, of the blurring of the line between the homely and the uncanny. I loved it' Sarah Waters
'Masterful, troubling and wickedly seductive' Sarah Perry
'Du Maurier is mistress of the sleight of hand in fiction' Maggie O'Farrell
'She was able to make worlds in which people and even houses are mysterious and mutable, not as they seem' Olivia Laing
'The master of slow-burning menace' Stacey Halls
'Often imitated and never, ever surpassed' Laura Shepperson
About the author
Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) was born in London, England. In 1931 her first novel, The Loving Spirit was published. A biography of her father and three other novels followed, but it was the novel Rebecca that launched her into the literary stratosphere and made her one of the most popular authors of her day. In 1932, du Maurier married Major Frederick Browning with whom she had three children.
Many of du Maurier's bestselling novels and short stories were adapted into award-winning films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now. In 1969, du Maurier was awarded the Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE). She lived most of her life in Cornwall and died there which is the setting for many of her books.
