The Fortune Hunter

A Novel

De: Daisy Goodwin

Narrado por: Clare Corbett

Empress Elizabeth of Austria, known as "Sisi", is the Princess Diana of 19th-century Europe. Famously beautiful, as captured in a portrait with diamond stars in her hair, she is unfulfilled in her marriage to the older Emperor Franz Joseph. Sisi has spent years evading the stifling formality of royal life on her private train or yacht or, whenever she can, on the back of a horse. Captain Bay Middleton is dashing, young, and the finest horseman in England. He is also impoverished, with no hope of buying the horse needed to win the Grand National - until he meets Charlotte Baird.

A clever, plainspoken heiress whose money gives her a choice among suitors, Charlotte falls in love with Bay, the first man to really notice her, for his vulnerability as well as his glamour. When Sisi joins the legendary hunt organized by Earl Spencer in England, Bay is asked to guide her on the treacherous course. Their shared passion for riding leads to an infatuation that threatens the growing bond between Bay and Charlotte, and all of their futures.

The Fortune Hunter, the brilliant new novel by Daisy Goodwin, is a lush, irresistible story of the public lives and private longings of grand historical figures.

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Great History and Romance

Loved this one! Great details of Victorian Age and the Empress of Austria. Was sorry when I finished. Narrator did a fantastic job

very good!

great reading. character voices done very well not at all distracting as some can be. great story. didn't want to stop listening!

A so, so novel . . .

The best part was the author's interview at the end. I would have enjoyed the book more had it been at the beginning.

Well narrated but very slow moving

I often listen to audiobooks when I'm trying to fall asleep. This one was perfect for that.

Terrific book!

I enjoyed this book immensely. The story is interesting as a romance but the historical detail makes it so much more fascinating. The narrator if superb. If you like victorian romance you will love this.