Frenchman's Creek

In the reign of Charles II, Dona St Columb grows weary of court life in London and withdraws with her children to her husband's Cornish estate. There she discovers that a French pirate is using a hidden creek nearby, and she is drawn into an adventure that offers freedom from her settled role. The novel is a romantic, swashbuckling tale of risk and desire, set among tidal creeks and old houses, and it shows du Maurier's gift for blending history with a dreamlike sense of escape.