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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Fell in love!

At first I wasn't sure about the Fortune Hunter, but then I fell in love with Casper and the empress. I love how the characters are witty and completely original. The book is addicting and I finished it within a day or two.

it was alright

slow and predictablr
nothing interesting happened
had to finish it was an audible.com purchased book. I was bored.

Just okay

There were some interesting parts to the story, but overall I found this book to be drawn out. The author's efforts to work in historical details/fact detracted from the pacing of the plot. Consequently an average read, for me.

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.

There goes my weekend!

The protagonist is an 1870s heiress who takes photographs of elite groups as record of entertainment in "season." She then plays with the results in her darkroom, changing the human faces into animals just for fun. The characters are the kind you miss when it's over.

Good research sacrificed the narrative.

The book was well-written and meticulously researched but I personally had trouble connecting to the characters. I found Bay Middleton to be unattractive and I was telling both Sisi and Charlotte to dump him. This is just a personal preference thing. The author didn't do anything wrong with the material she had about these real life people. I just found them to be distasteful.