Captains and the Kings: The Story of an American Dynasty by Taylor Caldwell Summary and Reviews
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Book Review: ceremony of the innocent
Summary: 5 Stars
I found that thrughout this entire book the subject - a woman who supposedly had married out of her station - was beseaged by others to make her feel guilty for her life.... The troubing factor of this entire story was that this woman bought into this, and even after falling from grace and becomming very sick, and mentally deranged she still was given the incredible opportunity of having people who were interested enough to see that she was not driven across into madness. The ending was extremely disappointing, because she was finally becoming a person who was no longer not able to preceive the truth of her life, her family, herself.... And then the end... Is there anyone who could share their feeling about this????? Barbara bar-b@webtv.netBook Review: A bittersweet look at the cost of money and power
Summary: 5 Stars
I have re-read this book so many times I wore out the original. I have since purchased another copy (in paperback). When will the mini series be released on video? I have searched for a copy for many years now.Book Review: The best book I;ve ever read
Summary: 5 Stars
This is simply the best book I've every read. It has an appealing sense of uproar that grabs you from page 1, and it will not let go until you hit the last page. The violence and the change of vast fortunes will give you a feeling of power of a capitalistic society untold in any other book before. I believe in a small round about way, it is telling a story about the Kennedy dynasty. With the untimely passing of JFK-JR, recently it is bringing up many discussions; is there a curse on this family. Read this book, and you decide if is there a curse, or if this book brings back memories of this well know "POWERFULL" family.Book Review: From the back cover.....
Summary: 5 Stars
Taylor Caidwell's towering novel of an Irish-American dynasty founded on immense wealth by a ruthless and embittered man.
Joseph Armagh - a penniless, orphaned Irish immigrant, who fights his way to the top of nineteenth century American society, but finds only solitude and despair.
Elizabeth Hennessey - the one person who could pierce his loneliness, a woman he loved deeply and lastingly, but could not marry.
Rory Armagh - his brilliant and charming son, destined for a magnificent political career, but struck down on the brink of greatness.
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WOMAN'S JOURNAL: "A great, surging novel about bitterness, corruption and the pursuit of power - compelling reading."