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Product Description : The untold story behind Peter Pan The shocking account of J M Barrie s abuse and exploitation of the du Maurier family In his revelatory Neverland Piers Dudgeon tells the tragic story of J M Barrie and the Du Maurier family Driven by a need to fill the vacuum left by sexual impotence Barrie sought out George du Maurier Daphne du Maurier s grandfather author of the famed Trilby who specialized in hypnosis Barrie s fascination and obsession with the Du Maurier family is a shocking study of greed and psychological abuse as we observe Barrie as he applies these lessons in mind control to captivate George s daughter Sylvia his son Gerald as well as their children who became the inspiration for the Darling family in Barrie s immortal Peter Pan Barrie later altered Sylvia s will after her death so that he could become the boys legal guardian while pushing several members of the family to nervous breakdown and suicide Barrie s compulsion to dominate was so apparent to those around him that D H Lawrence once wrote J M Barrie has a fatal touch for those he loves They die 32 b w illustrations

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