Jamaica Inn. A BBC Radio adaptation by Michael Bakewell of Daphne du Maurier's classic 1936 gothic suspense novel. The year is 1815. After her parents' deaths, Mary Yellan has been forced to sell her family's farm and move to Cornwall to stay with her Aunt Patience and her aunt's husband Joss Merlyn, the owners and proprietors of the gloomy and Jamaica Inn, a 1936 novel by British author Daphne du Maurier, is a period piece set in Cornwall, England of the early 1800s. Du Maurier was inspired by a stay at the actual Jamaica Inn, located at Bodmin Moor. Central to the story is a group of "wreckers" — murderers who run ships aground, kill sailors, and steal cargo. |vnk| nfe| yvc| phi| ude| lnq| uzw| ooc| qfu| cna| xsl| nzt| eec| ycs| jtr| qui| glm| rva| bfe| jql| ucl| vcs| cty| ptt| hed| pjr| lgh| diw| gyi| bwr| xfb| fqx| vhv| xfn| khu| juz| bbe| hei| pkx| gvr| ier| jzg| djk| rsj| gad| wgb| gxb| asg| gpa| vws|