A Dangerous Fortune
By the 1860s, the Pilasters are one of the world's greatest banking families, with connections that reach from the City of London to far-afield colonies. However, as the family grow ever richer in the shadow of oppression and tragedy, their very future is threatened - by the self-same ambition...
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By the 1860s, the Pilasters are one of the world's greatest banking families, with connections that reach from the City of London to far-afield colonies. However, as the family grow ever richer in the shadow of oppression and tragedy, their very future is threatened - by the self-same ambition and greed that first earned them their fortune. 'A full-blooded melodrama, complete with moustache-twirling villains, saintly heroes, wronged women, and a lot of plot' Irish Times 'Banks, brothels, and a high body count ...it's all there' Financial Times 'A compulsively readable, enjoyable thriller-cum-saga' Sunday Times
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780330544429 (033054442X)
Publish date: June 1st 2011
Publisher: Pan Publishing
Pages no: 596
Edition language: English
Copied from a testimonial:"Good thrillers are like elegant geometrical proofs. Their drama lies not in their ultimate outcome but in their method. Though we know that the good guys will eventually triumph, we don't know how; a good thriller should keep us guessing until the last page. Ken Follett do...
*2015 reading challenge* A book from an author you love that you haven't read yetWell, yes, I certainly DO love Ken Follett...
Ken Follett delivers another masterpiece of historical fiction. This book takes us to 19th century England amid the intrigues and scandals of an elite banking family and the people in their midst. It opens with a scene where a group of boys are swimming and having fun when one of them ends up dead...
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