Books: Beloved Half-Wit

THE KING'S GENERAL—Daphne du Maurier—Doubleday & Co. ($2.75).

"Oh, God, the Grenviles . . .!" Throughout England's wild West Country, in the 17th Century, no family could hold a candle to the wild Grenviles. "There was some quality in the race, some white undaunted spirit bred in their bones . . . surging through their blood." When roisterous Sir Richard, most dashing of all the Grenviles, met bitter-sweet Mistress Honor Harris over a dinner of roast swan and burgundy, their seismic passion rocked the country. "Oh wild betrothal, startling and swift . . .!"...