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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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.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust-jacket. First edition. Name inked on half title page. Foxing present. Dust jacket not price clipped, with light edge wear.
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Good in good dust jacket. Signed. First Edition. Signed by the author on a bookplate. 1st printing with full number line. Dust jacket has some wear. Foxing/staining has occurred on the edges of the pages. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First edition first printing of this stand alone thriller novel. Light edge wear. There is a faint spot of soiling to the bottom edge of the book, does not effect the page blocks. In very good / very good condition. 448 p. Audience: General/trade.