Captains and the Kings: The Story of an American Dynasty by Taylor Caldwell Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Captains and the Kings: The Story of an American Dynasty
Book Review: Captains and the Kings
Summary: 1 Stars
I have not received this book at this time. I hope someone will contact me about this. I have e-mailed back I have not received it. Thank you.
Bobby Thompson
Book Review: Entertaining Historical Fiction
Summary: 5 Stars
There are two sides to this book, one is typical of the romantic pulp fiction style of the 70's, this is first the life story of Joseph Armagh, a destitute orphan who emigrated from Ireland because of the famine. His bitter experiences in childhood leave him cold hearted and in pursuit of money at all costs, and he achieves incredible wealth and power in America. His goal at any price is to make his son president of the United States. There was a made for TV mini series based on this story.The other more interesting part of this book though is about the control of wealth and real power in the world in the hands of a few. Taylor Caldwell has written an add on to the story that is a warning that the "controllers" are not fiction and were more powerful than ever. In the Captains and the Kings some historical events described are the US civil war, the presidencies of Lincoln, labor struggles, the making of Teddy Roosevelt, and immigration. Was the civil war after all just an event arranged & set up mainly by rich European bankers for profit? Are all wars always set up by a handful of distant people for profit? This book really makes you wonder
Book Review: Excellent, but about 200 pages too long.
Summary: 4 Stars
An excellent and engrossing book. However, was dissapointed in the way the ending was kind of drawn out. I felt that it could have ended about 200 pages sooner and not lost much. Still, was an engrossing read. Read it all the way through, even though the ending was not as strong as I would have liked.Book Review: Fantastic!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have never read a saga-type novel before (800+ pages) and was glad that this was my first. This novel has everything in it from drama to suspense and creates constant great visuals!! All in all this novel not only carries itself superbly from page to page but also was a great history lesson on turn of the century politics.Book Review: Good enough to want to read again, 30+ years later
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book when I was in high school, when it was first published, and I'm searching for it to read again 30+ years later, so it obviously had an impact. Now that I'm old enough to appreciate history, I'm anxious to study Caldwell's view of the world of high power and control, which she depicted as a small group of men who basically control the world's happening, all for financial gain. Looking forward to this book coming out for my Kindle.