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I just finished The Fortune Hunter and I have to say that it was an enjoyable read. Daisy Goodwin took her characters from three real people who's lives intersected in the late 19th century. Through Daisy's imagination, we take a front seat to watch the somewhat scandalous love triangle between Empress Elizabeth of Austria, her hunting pilot, Bay Middleton, and an orphaned heiress.
The Fortune Hunter is full of great details about fox hunting, photography, and life in general during the Victorian ...more
The Fortune Hunter is full of great details about fox hunting, photography, and life in general during the Victorian ...more
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(a book about Vienna by a woman named Daisy? it was meant to be)
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