| Title | Jamaica inn |
|---|---|
| Author | by Daphne du Maurier |
| Publication | Gollancz |
| Size | 207p |
| Language | ENG |
| ISBN | |
| Topics |
English fiction--Historical Shipwrecks--Fiction Books adapted into a film or play |
| Notes | a period piece set in Cornwall in 1820. It was inspired by du Maurier's 1930 stay at the real Jamaica Inn, which 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 cargo. |