AUDIO

The Fortune Hunter

by Daisy Goodwin
12 CDs. 14 hrs. Macmillan Audio. 2014. ISBN 9781427236111. $39.99. Playaway digital, digital download. F
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Goodwin (The American Heiress) is back with another historical. Voice actress Clare Corbett brings this romp through the Victorian haut monde amusingly to life. Heiress and budding photographer Charlotte Baird meets and becomes interested in Capt. Bay Middleton while visiting an English country home. Tensions mount as he becomes involved with Elizabeth, Empress of Austria-Hungary, a painfully thin fashion icon with ankle-length hair, after being appointed by Earl Spencer as her pilot. Cameo appearances by Crown Prince Rudolf, Queen Victoria, and Prince Edward enliven things.
VERDICT Recommended for fans of historical romance with a taste for the high life lived by that era's aristocrats. ["Goodwin uses finely drawn characters and intriguing plotlines to create numerous memorable scenes…. Although readers who enjoyed The American Heiress will be first in line to savor Goodwin's new novel, they will be followed quickly by others who appreciate engaging and thoughtful historical fiction," read the starred review of the St. Martin's hc, LJ 6/1/14.]
Reviewed by David Faucheux, Lafayette, LA , Feb 27, 2015
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