Kane and Abel
by Jeffrey Archer
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William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless Polish immigrant - two men born on the same day on opposite sides of the world, their paths destined to cross in the ruthless struggle to build a fortune.
The marvellous story, spanning 60 years, of two powerful men linked by an all consuming hatred, brought together by fate to save...and destroy...each other.
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Titanic, Poles, Boston Brahmins, Historical fiction, hotelkeepers, Peasants, Capitalists and financiers, Fiction, Peasantry, Fiction, sagas, Fiction, thrillers, Large type books, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, generalPeople
William Lowell Kane, Abel Rosnovski, Florentyna Rosnovski, Virginia Kane, Lucy Kane, Richard Kane, Henry Osborne, John Moors Cabot, Mathew Lester, Vitorio Tossana, Władek Koskiewicz, David Maxton, George Novak, Zaphia Novak, Baron Rosnovski, Florentyna WładekShowing 11 featured editions. View all 76 editions?
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Kane & Abel
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"SHE ONLY STOPPED screaming when she died."
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Kane and Abel is a 1979 novel by British author Jeffrey Archer. Released in the United Kingdom in 1979 and in the United States in February 1980, the book was an international success. It reached No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list. The sequel to Kane and Abel is The Prodigal Daughter, in which Florentyna Kane is the protagonist.
Kane & Abel is among the top 100 best-selling books in the world, with a similar number of copies sold as To Kill a Mockingbird and Gone with the Wind.
In 2003, Kane and Abel was listed at number 96 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.
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Kane & Abel: 1/2
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Kane & Abel / Sons of Fortune
Novels (Kane & Abel / Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less / Prodigal Daughter)
Kane and Abel / The Prodigal Daughter / Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less / A Quiver Full of Arrows
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