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Conflicts - Fiction, Business, Work, & Money - Fiction, Character Types - Fiction

Kane and Abel

by Jeffrey Archer
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Overview

On April 15, 1906, two baby boys entered the world. One was born to a life of prosperity and ease, the other to a world of hardship and struggle. On different sides of the globe, they grew up - one shaped by a luxurious upbringing, fine schools, and a history he read; the other well tempered by war, slavery and the history he was part of.

William Lowell Kane, scion of a Boston banking family, and Abel Rosnovski, penniless Polish immigrant - one is gold, the other steel. Rosnovski is Kane's ultimate adversary, while Kane embodies everything that Rosnovski stands against. In their relentless battle, both men know that there can be only one victor - and one vanquished.

Across three generations and around a rapidly changing world, their war rages unchecked, for the love of a dream, the loss of an empire, and the lure of a fortune.

Two men, born on the same day into different worlds, both rise to success and fame -- but neither will be happy until the other is destroyed

Synopsis

Two strangers born worlds apart...

William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless polish immigrant-born on the same day near the turn of the century on opposite sides of the world-are brought together by fate and the quest of a dream.

One destiny that would define them both...

Two men-ambitious, powerful, ruthless-are locked in a relentless struggle to build an empire, fueled by their all-consuming hatred. Over sixty years and three generations, through war, marriage, fortune, and disaster, Kane and Abel battle for the success and triumph that only one man can have...

About the Author, Jeffrey Archer

A political aspirant turned author, Jeffrey Archer seems to delight in conspiracy and simple twists of fate in his fiction, even as these forces have shaped a rocky course in his own life. Misfortune led Archer to write the book that began his career, but fate seems to have smiled on his bestselling books.

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From the Publisher

β€œThe ultimate novel of sibling rivalry.”—Dan Brown

Book Details

Published
November 1, 2009
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pages
653
Format
Mass Market Paperback
ISBN
9780312942724

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