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A review by ljwalker
Rule Britannia by Daphne du Maurier
4.0
I know this isn't 'typical' Du Maurier but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
I think especially in light of Brexit, and everything else that has been going on at the same time, it's a fantastic examination of human reactions to extreme circumstances. Difficult to believe it's actually almost 50 years old!
I realise it was written as satire, and I understand it wasn't particularly well received at the time of its release. However the passage of time has, for me at least, done it a great many favours. I do have to wonder how I would have felt about this novel had I read it a decade ago.
Yes, it's absurd and farcical and all of that, but that took nothing away from it for me.
I think especially in light of Brexit, and everything else that has been going on at the same time, it's a fantastic examination of human reactions to extreme circumstances. Difficult to believe it's actually almost 50 years old!
I realise it was written as satire, and I understand it wasn't particularly well received at the time of its release. However the passage of time has, for me at least, done it a great many favours. I do have to wonder how I would have felt about this novel had I read it a decade ago.
Yes, it's absurd and farcical and all of that, but that took nothing away from it for me.