My Cousin Rachael Author:Daphne du Maurier "My Cousin Rachael" tells the story of an enigmatic and fascinating woman and of the two Englishmen who so desperately loved her. Ambrose met the Countess Rachael Sangalletti in Italy, married her, and never returned home. But his letters to his cousin Philip hinted of strange troubles, of suspicions that he was being poisoned. Finally, a letter... more » begged Philip to come at once. When Philip arrived in Florence, Ambrose was dead and Rachael had gone away. Then Rachael came to England. At first outraged, Philip soon succumbed to her hypnotic charm. Passionately and overwhelmingly in love, he was also torn by suspicion for he began to suffer from the same symptoms Ambrose had described. Was he being poisoned? Was Rachael devoted to him or was she trying to murder him? Was she an angel or a fiend?« less