A Dangerous Fortune
Author(s): 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
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'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
General Fields
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- : Pan Macmillan
- : Pan Books
- : 0.44
- : 31 May 2011
- : 197mm X 130mm
- : 01 August 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Ken Follett
- : Paperback
- : aug 11
- : English
- : 608
- : Illustrations