Maurier
TODAYS PERSONALITY: Maurier. Contents 1 Early life 2 Novels, short stories and biographies 3 Plays 4 Personal names, titles and honours 5 Plagiarism accusations 6 Personal life 6.1 Secret sexual relationships 7 Death 8 Cultural references 9 Publications 9.1 Fiction 9.2 Non-fiction 9.3 Translations 10 See also 11 References 12 Further reading and other sources 13 External links Early life Daphne du Maurier was born in London, the second of three daughters of the prominent actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and actress Muriel Beaumont (maternal niece of William Comyns Beaumont).[1] Her grandfather was the author and Punch cartoonist George du Maurier, who created the character of Svengali in the novel Trilby. These connections helped her in establishing her literary career, and du Maurier published some of her very early work in Beaumont's Bystander magazine. Her first novel, The Loving Spirit, was published in 1931. Du Mau...