The Glass-Blowers
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Set against the sweeping backdrop of Revolutionary France, The Glass-Blowers chronicles the turbulent lives of the Busson family — skilled artisans whose glass-blowing craft becomes a vivid lens through which the chaos, violence, and transformation of an entire nation is witnessed. Rooted in Daphne du Maurier's own ancestral history, this richly imagined novel follows generations of the Busson glassmakers from the tranquil forests of the Sarthe through the terror and upheaval of the French Revolution, tracing how ordinary people are swept up and reshaped by extraordinary historical forces. Du Maurier brings to this family saga the same atmospheric intensity and psychological depth that distinguished her most celebrated works, weaving personal ambition, loyalty, and survival into the broader tapestry of social collapse and reinvention. Her prose is at once intimate and panoramic — capable of rendering both the tender warmth of a family hearth and the cold menace of the guillotine's shadow. Grounded in meticulous research yet alive with the storyteller's instinct for drama, The Glass-Blowers stands as a compelling testament to how history is not made by kings and generals alone, but also by craftsmen, mothers, and dreamers whose stories are all too easily forgotten.
Author: Daphne Du Maurier
Format: Hardback
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Set against the sweeping backdrop of Revolutionary France, The Glass-Blowers chronicles the turbulent lives of the Busson family — skilled artisans whose glass-blowing craft becomes a vivid lens through which the chaos, violence, and transformation of an entire nation is witnessed. Rooted in Daphne du Maurier's own ancestral history, this richly imagined novel follows generations of the Busson glassmakers from the tranquil forests of the Sarthe through the terror and upheaval of the French Revolution, tracing how ordinary people are swept up and reshaped by extraordinary historical forces. Du Maurier brings to this family saga the same atmospheric intensity and psychological depth that distinguished her most celebrated works, weaving personal ambition, loyalty, and survival into the broader tapestry of social collapse and reinvention. Her prose is at once intimate and panoramic — capable of rendering both the tender warmth of a family hearth and the cold menace of the guillotine's shadow. Grounded in meticulous research yet alive with the storyteller's instinct for drama, The Glass-Blowers stands as a compelling testament to how history is not made by kings and generals alone, but also by craftsmen, mothers, and dreamers whose stories are all too easily forgotten.