{"product_id":"9780349020785","title":"Julius","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eREBECCA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The novel explores incest in a manner that is entirely unexpected for that period'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eJUSTINE PICARDIE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the last century's most original literary talents' DAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\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\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore he's twenty, Julius 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, caring nothing for others until his daughter, Gabriel, is born. Julius' attachment to her will become his strongest bond and his greatest weakness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daphne du Maurier","offers":[{"title":"Virago | Paperback | 2026-09-01","offer_id":49054028660991,"sku":"9780349020785","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImage-2026-08-20T125009.948.jpg?v=1787244619","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780349020785","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}