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The House on the Strand

By: Daphne du Maurier
Narrated by: Ron Keith
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Dick Young is lent a house in Cornwall by his friend Professor Magnus Lane. During his stay he agrees to serve as a guinea pig for a new drug that Magnus has discovered in his scientific research.

When Dick samples Magnus's potion, he finds himself doing the impossible: traveling through time while staying in place, thrown all the way back into Medieval Cornwall. The concoction wear off after several hours, but its effects are intoxicating and Dick cannot resist his newfound powers. As his journeys increase, Dick begins to resent the days he must spend in the modern world, longing ever more fervently to get back into his world of centuries before, and the home of the beautiful Lady Isolda...

"The House on the Strand is prime du Maurier."-New York Times Historical Fiction Psychological Fiction Genre Fiction Exciting Suspense Fantasy Thriller & Suspense Gothic Scary Romance Horror
Intriguing Time Travel • Unique Plot • Excellent Narration • Complex Psychological Elements • Rich Historical Details

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I read this years ago and remember it as being riveting, unusual and well written. Those recollections were confirmed, but I had not remembered the ending which at least this time around I found a bit unsatisfying. I want to get my old hardback copy out to make sure the audio version didn't miss a chapter!

Disappointing ending

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This is a wonderful book by Daphne DuMaurier, one of the best writers in the English language. She has many books that are more famous such as Jamaica Inn and Rebecca, but this one is one of my favorites because it’s very cleverly put together, and it’s a strange story. I always welcome something that’s a little ‘different’.

Cleverly put together

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Another good Daphne Du Maurier book! Suspenseful, hard to stop, twist and turns. Read and enjoy!

House on the Strand

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Daphne, your imagination never ceases to amaze me. This is such a unique story, very you with all the twist and turns. The ending leaves me still questioning the truth of the Dr. vs the truth of Dick. I would read it again.

Amazing story, this is a one of a kind!

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Daphne Du Maurier is the grand dame of intriguing, engaging suspense stories - Ron Keith’s narration is so tuned the story’s nuances & characters that it’s all totally enthralling. A difficult story to narrate as it’s got so many things going, but Keith really nails it - I have listened over & over with great enjoyment. The story is a romance, but not in a typical way - it’s got a yearning romance, a charming bromance, wry humor, meta-psychological/psychotropic induced historical mystery & modern day suspense. Through it all the author’s love of Cornwall shines with vividness. Only Du Maurier could have created & written this story; Keith brings it to life for audiobook enthusiasts - he does not disappoint.

Highly original; a du Maurier delight

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