Mary Anne

This article is about the 1954 novel. For other uses, see Mary Ann (disambiguation).

First US edition (publ. Doubleday)

Daphne du Maurier's novel Mary Anne (1954) is a fictionalised account of the real-life story of her great-grandmother, Mary Anne Clarke née Thompson (1776-1852).

Mary Anne Clarke from 1803 to 1808 was mistress of Frederick Augustus, the Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827).

He was "The Grand Old Duke of York" of the nursery rhyme, a son of King George III and brother of the later King George IV.

References

Works by Daphne du Maurier

Novels	The Loving Spirit (1931) Jamaica Inn (1936) Rebecca (1938) Frenchman's Creek (1941) Hungry Hill (1943) The King's General (1946) The Parasites (1949) My Cousin Rachel (1951) Mary Anne (1954) The Scapegoat (1957) Castle Dor (1961) The House on the Strand (1969) Rule Britannia (1972)

Short stories and collections	The Birds and Other Stories / The Apple Tree ("The Birds") (1952) The Breaking Point (1959) Not After Midnight (1971)

Plays	The Years Between (1945) September Tide (1948)

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