The House on the Strand

Daphne du Maurier
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The classic time travel novel from the legendary writer behind Rebecca and "The Birds."  "The House on the Strand is prime du Maurier." --New York Times 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 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...
Genres: FictionClassicsTime TravelHistorical FictionFantasyScience FictionMysteryGothicHistoricalBritish Literature
316 Pages

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