Sons of Fortune, Jeffrey Archer
Sons of Fortune, Jeffrey Archer
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Sons of Fortune

Author: Jeffrey Archer

Narrator: Paul Michael

Abridged: 5 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2003

Categories: Fiction, Sagas, Family Life


Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer-returns with a powerful tale of twins separated by fate and reunited by destiny in Sons of Fortune.

In Hartford, Connecticut, in the late 1940s, a set of twins is parted at birth-not by accident. Nat Cartwright goes home with his parents, a schoolteacher and an insurance salesman, while his twin brother begins his days as Fletcher Davenport, son of a millionaire and his society wife.

During the 1950s and 1960s, the two brothers grow up apart, following similar paths that take them in different directions. Nat leaves college at the University of Connecticut to serve in Vietnam, then finishes school, earns his MBA, and becomes a successful currency dealer. Fletcher, meanwhile, graduates from Yale University with a bachelor's and a law degree, going on to distinguish himself as a criminal defense lawyer.

At various times in their lives, both men are confronted with challenges and obstacles, tragedy and betrayal, loss and hardship, before they both decide to run for governor, unaware they are brothers....

Sons of Fortune is as much a chronicle of a nation in transition as it is the story of the making of these two men -and how they eventually discover the truth-and its tragic consequences.

About Jeffrey Archer

There are many who say that author Jeffrey Archer's life would make the subject of an excellent book. London born Archer, grew up in Somerset, whose father was a printer by trade, was educated in Wellington School and at Brasenose College, Oxford. He was a very accomplished athlete, becoming President of the University Athletics Club. That was the beginning of his elected positions in various political positions. After a bad investment left him on the verge of bankruptcy, he decided to try writing a novel to repay his debts to creditors.

For his first writing attempt, Archer had great success with "Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less". The book sold to 17 countries and became a successful serial for BBC Radio 4, then televised in 1990. His second novel, "Shall We Tell the President", was a thriller about a plot to assassinate Edward Kennedy as though he became President. Several novels followed, each more successful than the others. He also mixed in some non-fiction and collections of short stories as well.

Archer is also a playwright with his first play being run at the Queen's Theatre in London's West End in 1987 for over 600 performances. He had a few plays that were quite successful, having played an acting role in one of the last to be performed.

In November of 1999, Archer was charged with perjury and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, for which he served two years of a four-year sentence. He used that time to write a volume of documentaries about his experiences in the prison system. They were entitled.......Prison Diary: Volume I, Hell.......Volume II, Purgatory.........and, Volume III, Heaven. Archer is now published in 97 countries and more than 37 languages.......he is firmly established as an author of note. He has been married for 49 years to Dame Mary Archer DBE, and they have two sons and two grandsons. Their time is divided among their three homes in London, Cambridge, and Mallorca.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on November 27, 2023

A great story from a master entertainer! Fletcher Davenport and Nat Cartwright are two successful young men - but they also happen to be twins separated at birth as a result of the unscrupulous actions of a well-meaning nurse in the hospital nursery. Nat Cartwright, raised in a loving modest househo......more

Goodreads review by Nadine on November 01, 2021

Etwas beliebig, etwas langatmig, etwas enttäuschend....🙄 Eigentlich gehört Jeffrey Archer zu meinen Lieblingautoren...ich mag seine charismatischen Charaktere, die außergewöhnlichen Wendungen seiner Geschichten und seinen feinsinnigen Erzählstil....sehr wenig davon konnte ich in "Söhne des Glücks " f......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on January 28, 2014

I thoroughly enjoyed Sons of Fortune. It was gripping throughout. (Spoiler alert!) My only two pieces of criticism are these: 1) That, when Rebecca Elliot broke down in the courtroom and admitted to killing her husband, her confession seemed too word-perfect and unrealistic. She didn't pause, stutter......more

Goodreads review by Marjolein on August 22, 2019

Another great read by Jeffrey Archer - it might not be top of the bill literature, but it's very entertaining and extremely dramatic. Nevertheless, I really cared about the two main characters (twin brothers, seperated at birth) and loved reading about their journeys. I only wished there'd been more......more

Goodreads review by Alex on January 31, 2011

Jeffrey Archer is a well-established English author, who has written such bestsellers as Kane and Abel and Honor Among Thieves, but his latest addition to the publishing world, Sons of Fortune, fails in many ways; maybe it is because he wrote it under the duress of incarceration? For about a year now......more


Quotes

“A worthy successor to the still best-selling The Da Vinci Code.” —New York Post on Jeffrey Archer

“A master at mixing power, politics, and profit into fiction.” —Entertainment Weekly on Jeffrey Archer