A Dangerous Fortune - Softcover

Follett, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 033054442X ISBN 13: 9780330544429

Publisher: Pan Books, 2011

Synopsis

Epic in its scale, A Dangerous Fortune tells of the dramatic highs and lows of the wealthy Pilaster family from the bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth, 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.

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Review:

A compulsively readable, enjoyable thriller-cum-saga (Sunday Times)

Banks, brothels, and a high body count . . . it's all there (Financial Times)

A full-blooded melodrama, complete with moustache-twirling villains, saintly heroes, wronged women, and a lot of plot. (Irish Times)

Book Description:

A shocking secret behind a young boy's death leads to three generations of treachery in this breathtaking saga of love, power and revenge, set amid the wealth and decadence of Victorian England . . .

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 033054442X
• ISBN 13: 9780330544429
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608