{"product_id":"julius-virago-modern-classics","title":"Julius (Virago Modern Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e'His first instinct was to stretch out his hands to the sky. The white clouds seemed so near to him, surely they were easy to hold and to caress, strange-moving things belonging to the wide blue space of heaven . . . '\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulius Levy grows up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine. A quick-witted urchin caught up in the Franco-Prussian War, he is soon forced by tragedy to escape to Algeria. Once there, he learns the ease of swindling, the rewards of love affairs and the value of secrecy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore he's twenty, he is in London, where his empire-building begins in earnest, and he becomes a rich and very ruthless man. Throughout his life, Julius is driven by a hunger for power, his one weakness his daughter, Gabriel . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's third novel has lost none of its ability to unsettle and disturb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fiction, Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Virago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781844080687\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Du Maurier, Daphne","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.00","offer_id":48132606427313,"sku":"SB-1844080684-C4","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1844080684.jpg?v=1793667234","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/julius-virago-modern-classics","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}