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A DANGEROUS FORTUNE
by Follett, Ken
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385311214
- ISBN 13
- 9780385311212
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Tall & thick 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over charcoal gray boards with gold author's initials on front cover, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with bold black lettering over a photo montage of Greek marble columns and a fine script, frontispiece Family Tree of the Pilasters, dark endpapers depicting shadowy characters standing within marble columns, xiv + [ii] + 533 pages + [1] Acknowledgements. Weight: > 2 LBS. #1 New York Times Bestselling Author. <br/> <br/> Kenneth Martin Follett, CBE, FRSL (born 1949) is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels. Many of his books have reached the number 1 position on the New York Times Best Seller list, including A Dangerous Fortune. The novel is a banking family saga set in mid-Victorian England.<br/> <br/> EXCEPTIONAL Condition! No remainder marks.
Synopsis
It’s 1866, and a tragedy strikes at the exclusive Windfield School when a young student drowns in a mysterious accident involving a small circle of boys. The aftermath spirals into a circle of treachery that will span three decades. Exclusive men's club and brothels that cater to desires of London's upper class, dazzling ballrooms and mahogany-paneled suites, Ken Follett creates a striking array of contrasts. This novel shows a family splintered by lust, bound by a shared legacy, and swept towards greed, all fed by the truth of the young boy’s death.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6960
- Title
- A DANGEROUS FORTUNE
- Author
- Follett, Ken
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385311214
- ISBN 13
- 9780385311212
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Prep school, bankers, Victorian England, death, Anti-Semitism, saga, blackmail, murder, slums, sex
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