Unseen Daphne du Maurier poem found.

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Daphne du Maurier and her husband Lieutenant General Sir Frederick 'Boy' Browning at Menabilly in 1956 - their home near Fowey in Cornwall that inspired Manderley in her famous novel Rebecca.

Two previously unknown poems by celebrated writer Daphne du Maurier have been discovered hidden inside a photograph frame.

They are believed to have been penned in the late 1920s, when she was in her early 20s and an...
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BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)
Pic: Rowley's/BNPS

Daphne du Maurier and her husband Lieutenant General Sir Frederick 'Boy' Browning at Menabilly in 1956 - their home near Fowey in Cornwall that inspired Manderley in her famous novel Rebecca.

Two previously unknown poems by celebrated writer Daphne du Maurier have been discovered hidden inside a photograph frame.

They are believed to have been penned in the late 1920s, when she was in her early 20s and an unknown in the literary world.

The poems were written on a carefully folded sheet of A4 paper concealed within a 5ins high blue leather frame which contained a photo of du Maurier in a swimming costume.

They were uncovered by an eagle-eyed auctioneer who has been tasked with selling an archive of du Maurier's letters and photos, which includes snaps with the Royals.
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