My Last Duchess: The unputdownable epic novel of an American Heiress - Rilegato

Daisy Goodwin

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0755348060 ISBN 13: 9780755348060

Casa editrice: Review, 2010

Riassunto

Cora Cash has grown up in a world in which money unlocks every door. Her coming-out ball promises to be the most opulent of the gilded 1890s, a fitting debut for New York's 'princess'. Yet her fortune cannot buy her the one thing she craves -- the freedom to choose her own destiny. For Cora's mother has her heart on a title for her daughter, and in England -- where they are bound, to find Cora a husband -- impoverished blue bloods are queuing up for introductions to American heiresses. But the aristocracy is a treacherous realm. When Cora loses her heart to a man she barely knows, she soon realises that she is playing a game she does not fully understand -- and that her future happiness is the prize. Daisy Goodwin's sparking debut brings the fin de siecle romance between England and America to exuberant life.

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Recensione:

'I was seduced by this book, rather as Cora is seduced by her duke: with great skill and confidence. Daisy Goodwin's first novel is intriguing, atmospheric and extremely stylish. I was still thinking about it long after I had reached the end'

Penny Vincenzi

'A pleasure from start to finish'

Woman & Home

'Clever Daisy Goodwin. Not content with being a raven-haired poetry temptress, she's written My Last Duchess. It's a marvellously assured read about a marvellously assured American heiress called Cora Cash...It's a literary Greatest Hits; there's a mysterious duke, a woman in a veil and secrets, as well as lashings of period detail about dresses for yachting, opera and dinner. Heartily recommended; Goodwin writes beautifully; her easy style disguising both erudition and emotional truth.

Wendy Holden, Daily Mail

A wonderful guilty pleasure of a read...the detailing is beautiful, the great phalanx of historical characters amusing and the relief of reading a novel that puts enjoyment first, so rare and gratifying that I am ready for a sequel

Amanda Foreman, Sunday Telegraph

Deliciously classy. An intelligent pleasure, full of exquisite period detail

Kate Mosse

'Sparkling and thoroughly engaging...the story of a poor little rich girl learning the hard way how to concentrate on the next step along the tightrope makes for a highly enjoyable and intelligent read

The Sunday Times

This is a beautifully written dive into late 19th century uber-rich (if not a bit tacky) New York society as it brushes up again snobby, aristocratic Britain. The question is whether the match between heiress Cora and brooding hero The Duke is a love match or a matter of convenience. Diehard romantics (that's me) won't be disappointed

Adele Parks in Heat magazine

'Book recommendations don't come much better that from queen of chick-lit ADELE PARKS. So when Parks herself told us not to miss My Last Duchess, we got straight on it...

Lose yourself in this beautiful story about love in the 19th Century' ****

Heat magazine

Daisy Goodwin s debut novel is a delightful confection a clash of cultures set in late 19th-century England, embellished with the glittering lavishness that the period implies

Marie Claire

Intelligent exploration of the gulf between the New World and the old and one woman's spirited attempt to bridge it

Guardian

Transporting you to a different world... the perfect mix of escapism and intelligent writing.

Weight Watchers Magazine

Rich in lavish detail and society gossip... It is a romp of a book, with all the ingredients for a self-indulgent afternoon read. A well-written, brilliant first novel by a confident, skilful storyteller. It is pure, light-hearted, unpretentious entertainment.

Sunday Express

Anyone suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms (who isn't?) will find an instant tonic in Daisy Goodwin s My Last Duchess ... this is a deliciously evocative first novel that lingers in the mind. Henry James with belles on.

--Allison Pearson, Telegraph, Books of the Year for Christmas

'Clever Daisy Goodwin. Not content with being a raven-haired poetry temptress, she's written My Last Duchess. It's a marvellously assured read about a marvellously assured American heiress called Cora Cash...It's a literary Greatest Hits; there's a mysterious duke, a woman in a veil and secrets, as well as lashings of period detail about dresses for yachting, opera and dinner. Heartily recommended; Goodwin writes beautifully; her easy style disguising both erudition and emotional truth.

--Wendy Holden, Daily Mail

A wonderful guilty pleasure of a read...the detailing is beautiful, the great phalanx of historical characters amusing and the relief of reading a novel that puts enjoyment first, so rare and gratifying that I am ready for a sequel.

--Amanda Foreman, Sunday Telegraph

Descrizione del libro:

The deliciously classy tale of an American heiress, an English blue blood and the hunt for happiness.

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• Editore: Review
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0755348060
• ISBN 13: 9780755348060
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 480