Binding: Paperback
Description: The Fortune Hunter the New York Times bestselling novel by Daisy Goodwin is a lush irresistible story of the public lives and private longings of grand historical figures. Empress Elizabeth of Austria known as Sisi is the Princess Diana of nineteenth - 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 jeopardizes the growing bond between Bay and Charlotte and threatens all of their futures.
Title: The Fortune Hunter A Novel
Author(s): Goodwin Daisy
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781250043900
Pages: 496 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/31/2015
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction