Unknown Daphne du Maurier poems discovered behind photo frame
Poems believed to have been written by the Rebecca author in her 20s were found by auctioneers before a sale of intimate letters
A handful of youthful poems by Daphne du Maurier have been found in an archive of letters, with two previously unknown discovered hidden behind a photograph frame.
The two unknown poems were found tucked underneath a photo of a young Du Maurier in a swimming costume standing on rocks, which was part of an archive of more than 40 years of correspondence between the author and her close friend Maureen Baker-Munton, now put up for auction by Baker-Munton’s son Kristen.