Captivated: J. M. Barrie, Daphne Du Maurier and the Dark Side of Neverland

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Vintage, 2009 - Biography & Autobiography - 333 pages
'Captivated' is a true story of genius and possession. The background is the turn of the century, when a late-19th century world of mesmerists, psychics, trancers and table-turners gave way to a new 20th-century age of psychology.

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About the author (2009)

Piers Dudgeon is the author of many works of non-fiction. He worked for ten years as an editor in London before starting his own company producing books with authors as diverse as John Fowles, Catherine Cookson, Peter Ackroyd, Daphne du Maurier, Shirley Conran and Ted Hughes. Subsequently, he left London for Yorkshire where he wrote a number of biographies as well as illustrated books evocative of the spirit of place.

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