Jamaica Inn: Book by Daphne du Maurier

Jamaica Inn: 

Description:

Jamaica Inn is a novel by the English writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in 1936. It was later made into a film, also called Jamaica Inn, by Alfred Hitchcock.  It is an eerie period piece set in Cornwall in 1820; the real Jamaica Inn still exists and is a pub in the middle of Bodmin Moor. The plot follows a group of murderous wreckers who run ships aground, kill the sailors and steal the loot.

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Important Details:

Published: 1936

Author: Daphne du Maurier

Genre: Albinism in popular culture

Adaptations: Jamaica Inn (1939)

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