Years later, sophie duval reveals to her longlost nephew the tragic story of a family of master craftsmen in eighteenthcentury france. The glassblowers by daphne du maurier 1963 doubleday 4. The books are a lovely insight of a generation of glass blowers in a german village and their lives. And she tells the story as a principal in the drama, sophie duval, tells the story of robert, her errant brother, for the englishborn nephew, his son. Daphne du maurier and the glass blowers morrill memorial.
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