Una giovane dama di compagnia in vacanza a Montecarlo; Maxim de Winter, un affascinante vedovo che le propone di sposarlo; Manderley, un'inquietante castello della Cornovaglia che sembra vivere nel ricordo di Rebecca, defunta moglie del giovane sposo, la cui inquietante presenza incombe sulla nuova coppia ogni giorno di più. Ma il racconto è soprattutto l'indimenticabile storia di una giovane donna consumata dall'amore e alla disperata ricerca della sua identità.
When her grandfather dies without leaving a male heir, Charlotte Drummond and her mother are forced to leave their family home, Clonmara. A distant cousin, Richard Selwin, inherits her grandfather’s estate and the title of Lord Blodmore. He also claims Charlotte’s heart, but a cruel twist of fate prevents them from being together. Charlotte and her mother begin a new life in the Spanish town of Jerez among the families and vineyards of the great Spanish sherry dynasties. There she discovers the surprising secrets of her grandfather’s younger life, and the mystery surrounding “the Summer of the Spanish Woman” many decades before. As Charlotte learns more about the events of that long-ago summer she realises that its far-reaching consequences stretch into the present. Drawn into a web of deceit and vengeance, her destiny is shaped by both her enemies and her allies in this foreign land. And she must confront Isabel, Marquesa de Pontevedra, whose presence casts light or shadow over those whose lives she seeks to control.
