Book review written by Brian Lowen for a recorded bookshow being aired in October 2013.
This Book was
first published in 1993 and has recently been reprinted. I read it several
years ago, but when it was brought to my notice by Amazon I ordered another
copy because although I have read all of Ken Follett’s books over the years, I
have not kept them.
I was very glad to
read this book again as I had forgotten what a great story it is.
A shocking secret
behind a young boy’s death leads to three generations of treachery in this
absorbing drama of wealth, passion and revenge, set amid the riches and
decadence of Victorian England.
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
grows 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.
book that you
really get involved with and with some of them you are
continually hoping that they will get their come-uppance.
A really great
page-turner of a book that you will not want to put down until you reach the
last page.
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