Sons of Fortune
''The heirs to wealth, ambition and lust in the continuing saga of the Stevenson family'' Book III
by Macdonald, Malcolm
The third novel in the classic Stevenson family saga, Sons of Fortune is the epic story of a Victorian family at the height of wealth and power, and the choices and chances that pose the ultimate risk to their happiness and bond.
Love and conflict...social history as a living force...an unfolding panorama of Dickensian power.
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Fiction, Literature, Victorian, Conventions, Book, Books, Stories, Rich, Wealthy, Saga, #3, Stevenson, Family, Families, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Siblings, Sisters, Brothers, Upper, Class, Position, Society, Social, Life, Patterns, Duty, Crimes, Death, Manslaughter, Public, Private, Schools, Headmasters, Rugby, Customs, Passion, Privilege, Pride, Power, Hungers, Sex, Tradesmen, Cottages, Military, War Office, Measles, Quarantine, Upper class families, Children of the rich, Social life and customs, Fiction, general, Fiction, sagas, Fathers and sons, fictionPlaces
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Sons of fortune
2010, Sourcebooks Landmark, Sourcebooks, Incorporated
in English
1402236107 9781402236105
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Sons of Fortune: ''The heirs to wealth, ambition and lust in the continuing saga of the Stevenson family'' Book III
1979, Signet: New American Library of Canada
Paperback
in English
0451085957 9780451085955
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Author of 'The World from Rough Stones,' and 'His Father's Son'
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The Stevenson Family #3 of 4: ''The heirs to wealth, ambition and lust in the continuing saga of the Stevenson family.''--Cvr
This book (#3 in the series) focuses as much on the second generation as the first. The author begins to explore questions of merit, privilege, capitalism and social equality in the early part of Queen Victoria's reign. --goodreads
After a dizzying rise filled with ambition and passion, the Stevensons are now one of the richest families in the world. John, recalling his lowly past, wants his children to obey to the letter and never put a foot wrong. But his four eldest children, Young John, Winifred, Caspar, and Abigail, have ideas of their own. As they test the temptations of the adult world, the lure of profit and pleasure brings the risk of disaster and disgrace, and the tensions threaten to pull the family apart...
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