The Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin - ISBN: 9780755348114
Paperback
Empress seeks escape, finds forbidden love. Scandal rocks Victorian England.

The Fortune Hunter

A Richard & Judy Pick

$27.38

  • Paperback

    512 pages

  • Release Date

    10 February 2015

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Summary

From the script writer of the epic TV drama, VICTORIA comes Daisy Goodwin’s THE FORTUNE HUNTER for readers of MY LAST DUCHESS (THE AMERICAN HEIRESS) and any novel by Georgette Heyer

A Richard and Judy Book Club title

‘Pure, light-hearted, unpretentious entertainment’ Sunday Express

In 1875, Sisi, the Empress of Austria is the woman that every man desires and every woman envies.

Beautiful, athletic and intelligent, Sisi has everything - except …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780755348114
ISBN-10:0755348117
Author:Daisy Goodwin
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Headline Review
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:512
Release Date:10 February 2015
Weight:353g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 32mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Delicious and clever and addictive - Elizabeth Buchan

Daisy Goodwin has triumphed again. In The Fortune Hunter she weaves a rich and textured tale of desire and ambition - Amanda Foreman

A sumptuous, scrumptious confection, with country houses, Austrian Empresses and Victorian glamour galore - Lucy Worsley

‘Sparkling and thoroughly engaging…highly enjoyable’ - The Times

‘Pure, light-hearted, unpretentious entertainment’ - Sunday Express

‘A wonderful guilty pleasure… the relief of reading a novel that puts enjoyment first’ - Amanda Foreman, Sunday Telegraph

About The Author

Daisy Goodwin

Daisy Goodwin’s work as a TV producer and presenter includes Reader I Married Him, Bookworm and The Nation’s Favourite Poems; she is also the creator of Grand Designs and wrote the script for ITVs Victoria. She has edited numerous poetry anthologies, including the bestselling 101 Poems That Could Save Your Life, and is the author of Silver River, a memoir as well as two novels, My Last Duchess and The Fortune Hunter. Goodwin reviews regularly for the Times and Sunday Times and writes a bibliotherapy column for the Daily Mail.

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