![]() ![]() In a novel that defies the demarcations between genres by being both a contemporary mystery and historical fiction. It tells how the important happenings in history, from Europe to America. Jeffrey Archer develops the two men throughout their childhood, teenage years all through to their adult years. The novel takes place over 60 decades and pits Abel and Kane, through disaster, fortune, and marriage in a battle that only one man can win. Brought together by the quest for a dream in the United States, the two powerful and ambitious men are in a constant struggle to build an empire driven by a fierce competitive spirit. ![]() The first novel is an interesting narrative of the two lead characters born on the same day at the turn of the century. ![]() Abel Rosnovski is a Polish immigrant that comes from a family of great poverty, while William Lowell Kane comes from a powerful and wealthy Brahmin family from Boston. Apart from being born on the same day in 1906 and their shared passion for success at any cost, they have nothing in common. When we are first introduced to the two protagonists, they are disparate men from very different worlds. ![]()
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