Daughter Of Fortune

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Flamingo
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 1999
Edition: Reprint

Description: 399 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. Allende Has Created A Masterpiece Of Historical Fiction That Is Passionate, Adventurous And Brilliantly Insightful.

Publishers Description: Orphaned at birth, Eliza Sommers is raised in the British colony of Valparaiso, Chile, by a well-intentioned Victorian spinster, Miss Rose, and her brother Jeremy. Just as she meets and falls in love with the highly unsuitable Joaquin Andieta, a lowly clerk who works for Jeremy, gold is discovered in the hills of northern California. By 1849, Chileans everywhere have fallen prey to feverish dreams of wealth. Joaquin takes off for San Francisco to seek his fortune and Eliza, pregnant with his child, decides to follow.So begins Isabel Allende's enchanting new novel, 'Daughter of Fortune', a sweeping portrait of an era, a story rich in character, history, violence and compassion.

ISBN: 9780002259613