{"product_id":"the-housekeeper-9781784745929","title":"The Housekeeper","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Daphne du Maurier stole my life.'  From enduring bestseller Rose Tremain comes a sweeping and dramatic story of secret love and a bold imagining of how a Classic novel came to be written  'A sweeping, atmospheric story of forbidden love, power and privilege' ERIN KELLY  'Exquisitely drawn, poignant and devastating' STACEY HALLS  'An absolute masterclass' CLAIRE LYNCH  'She lifted me high, high up into another world, and then let me fall . . . Daphne du Maurier stole my life.'   A dramatic story of forbidden love, from enduring bestseller Rose Tremain  Mrs Danowski - known as Danni - is the housekeeper of a grand mansion on the wild coast of Cornwall. When glamorous young writer Daphne du Maurier visits Manderville Hall to research her new novel, she and Danni are drawn into a clandestine and intoxicating affair.  For Danni, it is an all-consuming love; for Daphne a submission to long-suppressed desires. But their fragile secret is vulnerable to prying eyes and destined for heartbreak. When Daphne's novel launches to triumphant success, Danni is distraught to find herself transformed into a malign and jealous character on the page. She seeks respite from the hurt by telling her own story: The Housekeeper.  What unforeseen encounters, what forbidden feelings can inspire a writer? With flair and panache, Rose Tremain has invented the story of how a great novel of the past came into being and in turn creates a masterwork of her own.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781784745929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 22 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Vintage Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.6(L)x2.4(W)395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 395\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eRose Tremain's novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music \u0026amp; Silence) the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and France's Prix Femina (Sacred Country), and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is Absolutely and Forever (2023), which was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. The Housekeeper is currently in production as a major film, directed by Richard Eyre, with script by Tremain, and starring Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e'\u003cb\u003eExquisitely drawn, poignant and devastating\u003c\/b\u003e. Rose Tremain is \u003cb\u003emasterful\u003c\/b\u003e in her depiction of a summer romance, and how a shared experience can be so utterly different for the people involved' * Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars *\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAn absolute masterclass\u003c\/b\u003e in character and style. \u003ci\u003eThe Housekeeper \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel of patient observation and \u003cb\u003eirresistible passion\u003c\/b\u003e all at once. Just as this novel grows from between the lines of another, so we see the great layering of Tremain’s writing. It is, in some ways, a book of half-lived lives.\u003cb\u003e It is also a book of what can be imagined, the possibilities of desires followed, ambitions pursued'\u003c\/b\u003e * Claire Lynch, author of A Family Matter *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A sweeping, atmospheric story of forbidden love, power and privilege.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Housekeeper\u003c\/i\u003e shines a devastating light on\u003cb\u003e one of the most iconic characters \u003c\/b\u003ein twentieth-century fiction and the nature of authorship itself. \u003cb\u003eA must-read for all du Maurier fans’ \u003c\/b\u003e * Erin Kelly, author of The Night Stairs *\u003cbr\u003e'It takes a brave author to reimagine Daphne du Maurier’s \u003ci\u003eRebecca\u003c\/i\u003e. Luckily, \u003cb\u003eRose Tremain is more than up to the task… thrilling\u003c\/b\u003e' * The Times, *Autumn Picks of 2026* *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis brilliant construction\u003c\/b\u003e is a Rubik’s Cube that yields multiple meanings while Tremain, \u003cb\u003ea master storyteller,\u003c\/b\u003e keeps the reader compelled * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eThe Housekeeper \u003c\/i\u003eis]\u003cb\u003e arguably as compelling as the original\u003c\/b\u003e * Country Life *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelancholy, moving and cinematic\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eRich in gothic atmosphere, betrayal and longing, this is \u003cb\u003ean absorbing, beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e reimagining that will especially resonate with readers and fans of \u003ci\u003eRebecca\u003c\/i\u003e * Woman *\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes Tremain such \u003cb\u003ea master of narrative\u003c\/b\u003e is the palpable joy she takes in the act of creation. There’s an almost childlike relish to her world-building and a glorious freedom to her imagination. Approaching her fiction in a spirit of pure play, she conjures a world \u003cb\u003eso sensory and atmospheric it completely ensnares the reader\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eTremain…shares her [Hilary Mantel’s] ability to evoke time and place with specific and tactile details… For those previously unfamiliar with du Maurier’s biography…\u003ci\u003eThe Housekeeper\u003c\/i\u003e will certainly change hour they read \u003ci\u003eRebecca\u003c\/i\u003e * Times Literary Supplement *","brand":"Rose Tremain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574027030745,"sku":"9781784745929","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781784745929.jpg?v=1790774952","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/the-housekeeper-9781784745929","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}