My Last Duchess

My Last Duchess

by Daisy Goodwin (Author)

Synopsis

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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Publisher: Headline Review
Published: 05 Aug 2010

ISBN 10: 0755348079
ISBN 13: 9780755348077

Media Reviews
'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
Author Bio
After starting her career as an arts producer for the BBC, Daisy Goodwin went on to become a successful journalist and broadcaster who recently formed her own production company, Silver River Productions. She is the author of Silver River, a memoir, and editor of numerous poetry anthologies, including the bestselling 101 Poems That Could Save Your Life. She lives in London with her family.