A great family of merchant bankers, infected by the poison of ambition and greed. For the Pilasters, sex and love are weapons in a war for power and wealth. One explosive secret becomes the weak link that can bring down a dynasty. In 1866, tragedy strikes at an exclusive public school. A pupil drowns in a mysterious accident involving several boys. Among them ate young High Pilaster; his cousin Edward, the weak, dissolute heir to the Pilaster banking fortune; and Micky Miranda, the darkly handsome son of a brutal South ...
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A great family of merchant bankers, infected by the poison of ambition and greed. For the Pilasters, sex and love are weapons in a war for power and wealth. One explosive secret becomes the weak link that can bring down a dynasty. In 1866, tragedy strikes at an exclusive public school. A pupil drowns in a mysterious accident involving several boys. Among them ate young High Pilaster; his cousin Edward, the weak, dissolute heir to the Pilaster banking fortune; and Micky Miranda, the darkly handsome son of a brutal South American landowner. The drowning and its aftermath initiate a spiralling circle of treachery that will last three decades and entwine many lives...Spanning the years when an empire tightens its grip on a faraway world and revolution begets a tide of violent change, A Dangerous Fortune portrays a family bound inexorably by a shared legacy, and brings us men and women swept towards a perilous climax where greed, fed by the shocking truth of a boy's death, must be stopped otherwise not just one man's dreams, but those of a nation, will die.
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Publisher:
Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
Published:
1994
Alibris ID:
10218889989
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Very good in Very good jacket. VGC. Chivers Press, 1994. Large print edition. Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small tear and crease on the edges of the spine) with laminated Dj(some scratches, creases and small nicks on the laminated cover), both in VGC. Ex-Library book with pocket and stamps. Nice and clean pages with a mark, some ink marks and light shelf wear on the outer edges, some creases and nicks on the edges of the pages, two marks and a small pen mark on the edges of the last two blank pages of the book. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.887pp. Please note: This is heavy book(approx 1.5 Kg).
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 1st Printing. First Edition/First Printing Published by Macmillan, London 1993. Nr Fine clean and tight condition. Dustjacket not price clipped and protected in archive cover. We have a large collection of Ken Follett Signed First Editions. Please ask for more details as not all books are listed online.
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Near fine in Very good jacket. Near fine/VGC plus. Macmillan, 1993. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Brown hardback(a couple of small nicks on the cover and spine, gilt lettering to the spine) in near fine condition, with Dj(a couple of creases, small nicks and scratch on the Dj cover) in VGC plus. Illustrated with a b/w plate. Nice and clean pages with a couple of creases on the edges of the pages, previous name and date written on the edge of the half title page. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.434pp including Biography of Ken Follett. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition. Heavy book.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Ripped/damaged jacket. The dust jacket of this book is slightly damaged/ripped, however, this does not affect the internal condition. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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Good. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
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Good. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
