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Captivated: Available Copies

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Paperback. Captivated is a true story of genius and possession. The background is the turn of the century, when a late-nineteenth-century world of mesmerists, psychics, trancers and table-turners gave way to a new twentieth-century age of psychology. The central character is the creator of Peter Pan, the famous novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie, a man tormented by inner demons since childhood.Barrie developed a consuming interest in the du Maurier family, beginning with George du Maurier, author of Trilby, a bestselling novel featuring his creation Svengali. In Trilby, George showed how it is possible, by means of hypnosis, for one person to gain control over the mind of another.Barrie made his move on the du Maurier family immediately after George died, assuming George's mantel and using his ideas to dominate both his daughter Sylvia and his son Gerald. Soon Barrie was 'Uncle Jim' to Sylvia's five sons and Gerald's three daughters, playing romping games of adventure and make-believe, and inviting the children into the transcendental world of Neverland. Four of the boys (the 'lost boys' of Peter Pan) and one of the girls (the imaginative tomboy Daphne) were captivated.This fascinating book delves deep, makes links and yields up secrets. It is a story of bliss corrupted by greed which masquerades as supernatural power. It tells how Barrie's victims - whom he would have not grow up - were lost to breakdown, suicide or an early death when they did. Daphne du Maurier, author of Rebecca, emerges as the lost boys' surprise companion and the enigmatic chronicler of their fate. Captivated is about writing and the world of the imagination- it is a singular example of art being used not only to imitate life, but darkly to transform it.Piers Dudgeon knew Daphne du Maurier and worked with her in the 1980s. When he discovered that she had put a moratorium on publication of her adolescent diaries until fifty years after her death, he was prompted to begin his researches into her background. What was the mystery that had Daphne been so keen to suppress? J M Barrie has long been a controversial figure; as D H Lawrence observed in 1921, 'Barrie has a fatal touch for those he loves. They die'. The five nervous breakdowns, two suicides, one attempted suicide and numerous deaths that are associated with him blacken the reputation of a man adored by generations of children. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Language: ENG

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New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. and with his enigmatic granddaughter, Daphne du Maurier, author of Rebecca and Barrie's final victim, whose life and work can never again be considered without reference to 'Unlce Jim'.

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Chatto & Windus, 2008. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, xvii,333pp, illust. A good copy. 0701182164

352 pages. 7.80x5.08x0.94 inches. In Stock.

1st edition, 8vo, 333pp, photo illustrations, VG+ Copy in VG+ DJ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Dust jacket complete but price clipped, in a clear protective sleeve. Black cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. 333 pages clean and tight. Size: 8vo

Near Fine condition. Excellent condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 333 pages.

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