The Glass-Blowers

by Daphne Du Maurier

Perhaps we shall not see each other again. I will write to you, though, and tell you, as best I can, the story of your family. A glass-blower, remember, breathes life into a vessel, giving it shape and form and sometimes beauty; but he can with that same breath, shatter and destroy it' Faithful to her word, Sophie Duval reveals to her long-lost nephew the tragic story of a family of master craftsmen in eighteenth-century France. The world of the glass-blowers has its own traditions, it's own language - and its own rules. 'If you marry into glass' Pierre Labbe warns his daughter, 'you will say goodbye to everything familiar, and enter a closed world'. But crashing into this world comes the violence and terror of the French Revolution against which, the family struggles to survive. The Glass Blowers is a remarkable achievement - an imaginative and exciting reworking of du Maurier's own family history.

• ISBN10: 0316253510
• ISBN13: 9780316253512
• Publish Date: 17 December 2013 (first published February 1966)
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Little Brown and Company
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

Another historical fiction book written about her family ancestors. This book is set during the time of the French Revolution and I greatly appreciated the details that allowed it to feel real and lively. And yet, I had a difficult time relating to any of the characters because the narrative style lacked emotion that usually helps bring attachment to the reader and the story itself.