The Fortune Hunter
by:
Daisy Goodwin (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780755348091 (0755348095)
ASIN: 755348095
Publish date: April 24th 2014
Publisher: Headline Review
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
I enjoy historical fiction, and when it's based on fact, then so much the better. Unfortunately The Fortune Hunter veered just a little too far into romance for my taste, it was still enjoyable, but possibly a little trite. Charlotte Baird was an interesting character, quiet and mousy on the outsi...
The Fortune Hunter introduced a few historical characters that I was not too familiar with, Sisi (the Empress of Austria) especially. Sisi is known as the most beautiful woman in Europe, but she is miserable and lonely - which leads her to come to England to enjoy the hunting season. Sisi was quite ...
Elizabeth, Empress of Austria is taking an extended, and "anonymous", holiday in England to enjoy the hunting season. Her host, Earl Spencer, assigns one of his captains, Bay Middleton, to act as her pilot through the hunts. Bay is an accomplished horseman and hunter, as well as womanizer. Though al...
This story is woven around 3 characters, Charlotte Baird, an heiress and orphan aspiring to be a renowned photographer, Elizabeth, the Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, and George “Bay” Middleton an accomplished rider. They are very real historic characters, but the story knitted around them ...
The Fortune Hunter: A Novel by Daisy Goodwin is historical fiction based on the relationships between Sisi the Empress of Austria, English soldier and rider Bay Middleton, and heiress Charlotte Baird. Set in nineteenth century Europe, this book is more romance than history, with Charlotte in the rol...
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