Bøger af Daisy Goodwin

En tidlig junimorgen i 1837 vågner den attenårige prinsesse Victoria op til nyheden om, at hendes onkel, William IV, er død. Hun er nu dronning i verdens mest magtfulde nation. I de kommende uger og måneder vil det vise sig, om den overbeskyttede unge kvinde kan leve op til den rolle, eller om hun vil blive et lydigt og nyttigt redskab for sin mors magtsyge rådgiver Sir John Conroy.Hun får uvurderlig støtte fra sin premierminister Lord Melbourne. Han er gammel nok til at være hendes far, men han tiltrækkes uhjælpeligt af den unge kvinde. Og hun af ham, for han er den eneste, der ser, at hun vil blive en stor dronning. Daisy Goodwin har både skrevet romanen og produceret den store tv-serie, Victoria, ITV’s seneste monstersucces, der er solgt til hele verden og vises på DR1 i foråret 2017. ”Den perfekte blanding af spænding og romantik.” THE TIMES ”Kan varmt anbefales til alle, der elsker historiske romaner.” BOOKLIST ”Et stykke inspirerende royal historie, der bygger på den unge Victorias egne dagbøger.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ”Goodwin skriver smukt og ubesværet om både historie og følelser.” DAILY MAIL Om forfatteren:Daisy Goodwin er forfatter til to tidligere historiske romaner, The American Heiress og The Fortune Hunters, der begge blev New York Times-bestsellere. Hun er desuden en anerkendt tv-producer, og sideløbende med sit arbejde med Victoria, har hun både skrevet og produceret en stor tv-dramaserie af samme navn, der bygger på romanen. Første sæson af serien bliver vist på DR1 i løbet af foråret 2017.Goodwin bor i London og arbejder på anden sæson af tv-serien.

A deliciously classy tale of an American heiress, an English blue blood and the hunt for happiness from the acclaimed scriptwriter for the epic drama, VICTORIA.

"New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world. In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera, Maria Callas was known simply as la divina: the divine one. With her glorious voice, instinctive flair for the dramatic and striking beauty, she was the toast of the grandest opera houses in the world. But her fame was hard won: raised in Nazi-occupied Greece by a mother who mercilessly exploited her golden voice, she learned early in life to protect herself from those who would use her for their own ends. When she met the fabulously rich Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, for the first time in her life, she believed she'd found someone who saw the woman within the legendary soprano. She fell desperately in love. He introduced her to a life of unbelievable luxury, showering her with jewels and sojourns in the most fashionable international watering holes with celebrities like Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. And then suddenly, it was over. The international press announced that Aristotle Onassis would marry the most famous woman in the world, former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, leaving Maria to pick up the pieces. In this remarkable novel, Daisy Goodwin brings to life a woman whose extraordinary talent, unremitting drive and natural chic made her a legend. But it was only in confronting the heartbreak of losing the man she loved that Maria Callas found her true voice and went on to triumph."

NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Victoria is an absolutely captivating novel of youth, love, and the often painful transition from immaturity to adulthood. Daisy Goodwin breathes new life into Victoria's story, and does so with sensitivity, verve, and wit." - AMANDA FOREMANDrawing on Queen Victoria's diaries, which she first started reading when she was a student at Cambridge University, Daisy Goodwin-creator and writer of the new PBS Masterpiece drama Victoria and author of the bestselling novels The American Heiress and The Fortune Hunter-brings the young nineteenth-century monarch, who would go on to reign for 63 years, richly to life in this magnificent novel.Early one morning, less than a month after her eighteenth birthday, Alexandrina Victoria is roused from bed with the news that her uncle William IV has died and she is now Queen of England. The men who run the country have doubts about whether this sheltered young woman, who stands less than five feet tall, can rule the greatest nation in the world. Despite her age, however, the young queen is no puppet. She has very definite ideas about the kind of queen she wants to be, and the first thing is to choose her name."I do not like the name Alexandrina," she proclaims. "From now on I wish to be known only by my second name, Victoria."Next, people say she must choose a husband. Everyone keeps telling her she's destined to marry her first cousin, Prince Albert, but Victoria found him dull and priggish when they met three years ago. She is quite happy being queen with the help of her prime minister, Lord Melbourne, who may be old enough to be her father but is the first person to take her seriously. On June 19th, 1837, she was a teenager. On June 20th, 1837, she was a queen. Daisy Goodwin's impeccably researched and vividly imagined new book brings readers Queen Victoria as they have never seen her before.

"Anyone suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms (who isn't?) will find an instant tonic in Daisy Goodwin's The American Heiress. The story of Cora Cash, an American heiress in the 1890s who bags an English duke, this is a deliciously evocative first novel that lingers in the mind." --Allison Pearson, New York Times bestselling author of I Don't Know How She Does It and I Think I Love YouBe careful what you wish for. Traveling abroad with her mother at the turn of the twentieth century to seek a titled husband, beautiful, vivacious Cora Cash, whose family mansion in Newport dwarfs the Vanderbilts', suddenly finds herself Duchess of Wareham, married to Ivo, the most eligible bachelor in England. Nothing is quite as it seems, however: Ivo is withdrawn and secretive, and the English social scene is full of traps and betrayals. Money, Cora soon learns, cannot buy everything, as she must decide what is truly worth the price in her life and her marriage. Witty, moving, and brilliantly entertaining, Cora's story marks the debut of a glorious storyteller who brings a fresh new spirit to the world of Edith Wharton and Henry James. "For daughters of the new American billionaires of the 19th century, it was the ultimate deal: marriage to a cash-strapped British Aristocrat in return for a title and social status. But money didn't always buy them happiness." --Daisy Goodwin in The Daily MailThe American Heiress was originally sold and distributed in the UK as My Last Duchess

When times are tough - whether because of illness, bereavement or receiving bad news - it can be hard to find the right words. Help comes in the form of this beautifully packaged gift book, comprising 100 life-affirming poems handpicked by an expert on poetry. Grouping the poems by theme - from 'Hearing Bad News' to 'How To Carry On' - this gem of a book features contributions from classical poets such as John Keats, Emily Bront , W.H. Auden and Christina Rossetti alongside lines from more contemporary poets such as Philip Larkin, Elizabeth Jennings, Raymond Carver, Carol Ann Duffy and Wendy Cope. It adds up to a wonderful pick-me-up - a self-administered drug guaranteed to make a dark day brighter and act as a great lyrical crutch.

From New York Times bestselling author and creator/writer of the new Masterpiece/PBS drama Victoria, a glorious novel of the 18-year-old girl who became a great queen

The must read novel from Daisy Goodwin, creator of the scripts for the blockbuster ITV drama, VICTORIA now in its second year.

THE FORTUNE HUNTER is the true story of a nineteenth century Queen of Hearts and a cavalry captain, told by the author of the bestselling, MY LAST DUCHESS.

From the first flush of love, through courtship and vows of eternal fidelity, to serving the writs and drowning your sorrows, 'The Nation's Favourite Love Poems' will meet all your romantic requirements. In this selection of 100 popular poems, poets of every age consider that most universal of themes: love. As well as traditional lovers' favourites such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 'How do I love thee?' and Shakespeare's 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' there are contemporary voices such as Adrian Mitchell, Wendy Cope and John Fuller, whose erudite yet salacious 'Valentine' would melt the most fridgid heart. There are even poems for those more melancholic moments, Hardy's haunting 'After a Journey', for example, and Larkin's poignant 'Love Songs in Age'. So, wherever you are in the tunnel of love, dip into this book of poetry and you will be reassured to discover that at one time or another a poet has been there before you.