![]() ![]() ![]() Her writing often took precedence over her three children, whom she entrusted to the care of hired help. Even though she never had a university education, she was interested in history and psychology, in classics and mythology, reading them on her own. Notwithstanding her extraordinary lineage, du Maurier was fiercely independent and eschewed conventions throughout her life. After leaving military services, Browning would go into the service of the British royal family. In 1932, Daphne du Maurier married Sir Frederick Browning, a distinguished officer of the British army, who played a significant role in both the World Wars. The Scottish novelist and playwright JM Barrie, known for his timeless classic, Peter Pan, that was first produced as a play in 1904, and, later, as a novel in 1911, is said to have been inspired by du Maurier’s first cousin Peter Llewelyn Davies in creating his beloved character. Her grandfather George du Maurier was the author of the bestselling novel, Trilby (1894), besides being a cartoonist for the Punch magazine. ![]() Thanks to the artistic legacy that she inherited and her own versatile writing, du Maurier occupies a unique position in 20th century cultural history. Daphne du Maurier was born in 1907, in London, the second of noted theatre actor and manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, stage actor Muriel Beaumont’s three daughters. ![]()
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