
Cornwall 1900s. Plyn Boat Yard is a hive of activity & Janet Coombe longs to share in the excitement of seafaring: to travel to have adventures to know freedom. But constrained by the times instead she marries her cousin Thomas a boat builder & settles down to raise a family. Janets loving spirit
- the passionate yearning for adventure & for love
- is passed down to her son & through him to his childrens children. As generations of the family struggle against hardship & loss their intricately plotted history is set against the greater backdrop of war & social change in Britain. Her debut novel The Loving Spirit established du Mauriers reputation & style with an inimitable blend of romance history & adventure.