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Hugh’s father, Toby, had taken his capital out of the family business and started his own enterprise, trading in dyes for the textile industry. Even at thirteen Hugh knew that the worst crime in the Pilaster family was to take your capital out of the bank. Edward’s father, Joseph, had never forgiven his brother Toby.
Nachstehend seine Rezension zu "A Dangerous Fortune" von Ken Follett: Ich bedauere es manchmal, dass nach meiner beruflichen Laufbahn, meine Englischkenntnisse nicht mehr so oft gefordert werden. Damit sie nicht ganz verkümmern, lese ich immer wieder Bücher von englischsprachigen Autoren im Original und habe soeben das vorgenannte Buch beendet.
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CHAPTER ONE. MAY. 1. WHEN MICKY MIRANDA WAS TWENTY-THREE his father came to London to buy rifles. Señor Carlos Raul Xavier Miranda, known always as Papa, was a short man with massive shoulders. His tanned face was carved in lines of aggression and brutality. In leather chaps and a broad-brimmed hat, seated on a chestnut stallion, he could make ...
10. Dez. 2020 · 1 volume : 20 cm. A shocking secret behind a young boy's death leads to three generations of treachery in this absorbing drama, set amid the riches and decadence of Victorian England. Originally published: London: Macmillan, 1993.
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 and greed that first earned ...
3. Nov. 1993 · Follett (Night Over Water, 1991; The Pillars of The Earth, 1989, etc.) peeks into the naughty world of late Victorian merchant bankers. A tragic misadventure among schoolboys is at the root of the rotten world of the Pilaster family. Weak bully Edward Pilaster and his too-dear South American chum Mickey Miranda cause the death by drowning of a lad from the lower form at their minor public ...
Brief Synopsis. "A Dangerous Fortune" is set in 1866 and revolves around the prestigious Pilaster family. The story begins with the sudden and mysterious death of a young boy, Toby Pilaster, during a school cricket match. This tragic event sets off a chain of events that will shape the lives of the Pilaster family and their associates.
