A Dangerous Fortune
Author: Ken Follett
An alternate cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.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….Read More
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