Daughter of Fortune

‘If you like your passions grand and your views panoramic, then Daughter of Fortune will be irresistible’ The Times In colonial Chile, 1832, the infant Eliza is found on the doorstep of the British Import and Export Company. Adopted by the maternal Miss Rose, she is raised dutifully, with Victorian piety and propriety. But as a young woman, Eliza falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquín Andieta – and when he leaves for the gold-laden hills of California, she can’t help but follow. With the aid of newfound friends, Eliza finds a place for herself in this burgeoning society; and while she came to California for someone else, what was once a search for love transforms into a profound discovery of her own freedom. ‘An extravagant tale by a gifted storyteller whose spell brings to life the 19th century world’ Los Angeles Times

‘If you like your passions grand and your views panoramic, then Daughter of Fortune will be irresistible’ The Times In colonial Chile, 1832, the infant Eliza is found on the doorstep of the British Import and Export Company. Adopted by the maternal Miss Rose, she is raised dutifully, with Victorian piety and propriety. But as a young woman, Eliza falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquín Andieta – and when he leaves for the gold-laden hills of California, she can’t help but follow. With the aid of newfound friends, Eliza finds a place for herself in this burgeoning society; and while she came to California for someone else, what was once a search for love transforms into a profound discovery of her own freedom. ‘An extravagant tale by a gifted storyteller whose spell brings to life the 19th century world’ Los Angeles Times

A magnificent sweeping tale from the international bestselling author of ‘The House of the Spirits’. Set in Anglophile Chile and goldrush California during the middle years of the nineteenth century, this magnificent romance tells the story of English foundling Eliza Sommers who grows up in the bustling entrepot of Valparaiso. Eliza is a spirited, sparky and ambitious romantic who becomes embroiled in a forbidden love affair with the charismatic but capricious Joaquin Andieta. When he disappears suddenly for California, and the promise of riches that rumours of gold strikes have brought him, she can but follow after him…

A magnificent sweeping tale from the international bestselling author of ‘The House of the Spirits’. Set in Anglophile Chile and goldrush California during the middle years of the nineteenth century, this magnificent romance tells the story of English foundling Eliza Sommers who grows up in the bustling entrepot of Valparaiso. Eliza is a spirited, sparky and ambitious romantic who becomes embroiled in a forbidden love affair with the charismatic but capricious Joaquin Andieta. When he disappears suddenly for California, and the promise of riches that rumours of gold strikes have brought him, she can but follow after him…

Isabel Allendes "Daughter of Fortune" er en passioneret, eventyrfyldt og spændende historisk roman fyldt med overraskelser om Californiens guldrus i midten af 1800-tallet. Den engelske, forældreløse Eliza Sommers vokser op i den britiske koloni i Chile. Hun forelsker sig hovedkulds trods omverdenens forventninger i chileneren Joaquin Andieta, som har store ambitioner. Da der findes guld i den nordlige del af Californien haster alle chilenerne og Joaquin med den nu gravide Eliza derhen for at finde lykken. I det rå og vilde San Francisco må Eliza navigere i et samfund domineret af grådige mænd. Men ved hjælp af hendes sunde natur og gode ven, den kinesiske læge Tao Chi'en, opdager Eliza at hendes jagt på kærlighed er blevet en jagt på frihed. "Daughter of Fortune" er en medrivende historisk roman, hvor Isabel Allende på blændende vis udfolder en kvindes kamp for at redde hendes elskede under Guldrusens kaos, grådighed og vilde drømme.

Isabel Allendes "Daughter of Fortune" er en passioneret, eventyrfyldt og spændende historisk roman fyldt med overraskelser om Californiens guldrus i midten af 1800-tallet. Den engelske, forældreløse Eliza Sommers vokser op i den britiske koloni i Chile. Hun forelsker sig hovedkulds trods omverdenens forventninger i chileneren Joaquin Andieta, som har store ambitioner. Da der findes guld i den nordlige del af Californien haster alle chilenerne og Joaquin med den nu gravide Eliza derhen for at finde lykken. I det rå og vilde San Francisco må Eliza navigere i et samfund domineret af grådige mænd. Men ved hjælp af hendes sunde natur og gode ven, den kinesiske læge Tao Chi'en, opdager Eliza at hendes jagt på kærlighed er blevet en jagt på frihed. "Daughter of Fortune" er en medrivende historisk roman, hvor Isabel Allende på blændende vis udfolder en kvindes kamp for at redde hendes elskede under Guldrusens kaos, grådighed og vilde drømme.