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In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera, Maria Callas is known simply as la divina: the divine one. With her glorious voice, instinctive flair for the dramatic and striking beauty, she's the toast of the grandest opera houses in the world. Yet her fame has been hard won: raised in Nazi-occupied Greece by a mother who mercilessly exploited her, Maria learned early in life how to protect herself. When she meets the fabulousl...

In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera, Maria Callas is known simply as la divina: the divine one. With her glorious voice, instinctive flair for the dramatic and striking beauty, she's the toast of the grandest opera houses in the world. Yet her fame has been hard won: raised in Nazi-occupied Greece by a mother who mercilessly exploited her, Maria learned early in life how to protect herself. When she meets the fabulousl...

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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...

Mittlerweile schreibt man das Jahr 1848. Eine Zeit, in der Revolutionen in ganz Europa angezettelt werden. Kein Wunder also, dass sich auch die englische Königin Victoria Gedanken über ihre Machtposition im Lande macht. Gleichzeitig ist sie zum sechsten Mal von ihrem Gemahl Albert schwanger und führt ein spannungsgeladenes Verhältnis zu ihrer lange Zeit abwesenden Halbschwester Feodora. Hinzu kommen ständige Meinungsverschiedenheiten mit dem s...

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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 official companion to the second season of the PBS/Masterpiece drama Victoria by award-winning creator and screenwriter Daisy Goodwin.More than 16 million viewers watched the first season of the Masterpiece presentation of Victoria, created and written by Daisy Goodwin-the highest-rated PBS drama in twenty years, second only to Downton Abbey. But what happened after the Queen married her handsome prince? Did they live happily ever after, o...

The second TV tie-in to the ITV "Victoria" series, it unveils the passionate and complex relationship between Victoria and Albert.

Vittoria ha solo diciott'anni quando, nel 1837, la morte dello zio Guglielmo IV la innalza al trono d'Inghilterra. Esce da un'adolescenza malinconica e nei suoi primi giorni da regina viene guardata a vista dalla madre e dall'onnipresente e ambizioso Sir Lord Conroy, che esercita una grossa influenza sugli affari di stato e si sente minacciato dal carattere indipendente della giovane sovrana. Sebbene il potere la seduca fin da subito e le conf...

Victoria van Daisy Goodwin is een verrukkelijke historische roman, gebaseerd op de eigen dagboeken van koningin Victoria. Ook de recente BBC tv-serie Victoria, haar jonge jaren is bedacht en geschreven door Daisy Goodwin. In 1837, kort na haar 18e verjaardag, wordt de frêle Alexandrina Victoria koningin van Groot-Brittannië en Ierland. Zij ontpopt zich meteen als een zelfstandige, eigenzinnige jonge vrouw, die allesbehalve preuts of traditione...

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 Vic...

Siamo nei mitici anni Novanta del diciannovesimo secolo. Per la sera del ballo in maschera di Cora Cash niente è stato lasciato al caso. Splendida, determinata e scandalosamente ricca, Cora è quanto di più simile a una principessa si possa trovare nell'alta società newyorkese. Sua madre ha architettato per lei un debutto che promette di essere il più sfavillante del decennio. Subito dopo il ballo, Cora andrà in Europa, con l'implacabile madre ...

Now in paperback, this novel tells the true story of a 19th century Queen of Hearts and a cavalry captain, and the struggle between love and duty. From the author of "My Last Duchess".

In 1875, Sisi, the Empress of Austria is the woman that every man desires and every woman envies. Beautiful, athletic and intelligent, Sisi has everything - except happiness. Bored with the stultifying etiquette of the Hapsburg Court and her dutiful but unexciting husband, Franz Joseph, Sisi comes to England to hunt. She comes looking for excitement and she finds it in the dashing form of Captain Bay Middleton, the only man in Europe who can o...

From the author of "My Last Duchess" comes this new story about Queen Victoria, also to be screened on ITV with scripts from the same author - Daisy Goodwin. Drawing on Victoria's diaries, this story brings the inner life of the queen to life.

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