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A Dangerous Fortune
by Ken Follett
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
FictionSagasHistorical
RELEASED1994
PUBLISHERPan Books
LENGTH596
LANGUAGEEN
Ken Follett is a British author of thrillers and historical novels. He has sold more then 100 million copies of his works. Four of his books have reached the number 1 ranking on the New York Times best-seller list : *The Key to Rebecca, Lie Down with Lions, Triple* and *World Without End*.
4.0
A Dangerous Fortune
by Ken Follett
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
FictionSagasHistorical
RELEASED1994
PUBLISHERPan Books
LENGTH596
LANGUAGEEN
Ken Follett is a British author of thrillers and historical novels. He has sold more then 100 million copies of his works. Four of his books have reached the number 1 ranking on the New York Times best-seller list : *The Key to Rebecca, Lie Down with Lions, Triple* and *World Without End*.
