Captains and the Kings, Taylor Caldwell
Captains and the Kings, Taylor Caldwell
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Captains and the Kings
The Story of an American Dynasty

Author: Taylor Caldwell

Narrator: Susie Berneis

Unabridged: 36 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/25/2016

Synopsis

Joseph Armagh was 13 when he first saw America through a dirty porthole on the steerage deck of The Irish Queen. It was the early 1850's and he was a penniless orphan cast on a hostile shore to make a home for himself and his younger brother and infant sister. Some seventy years later, from his deathbed, Joseph Armagh last glimpsed his adopted land from the gleaming windows of a palatial estate. A multi-millionaire, one of the most powerful and feared men, Joseph Armagh had indeed found a home. Captains and the Kings is the story of the price that was paid for it in the consuming, single-minded determination of a man clawing his way to the top.

About Taylor Caldwell

Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985) was an Anglo-American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction, also known by the pen names Marcus Holland and Max Reiner, and by her married name of J. Miriam Reback.

In her fiction, she often used real historical events or persons. Caldwell's best-known works include Dynasty of Death, Dear and Glorious Physician (about Saint Luke), Ceremony of the Innocent, Pillar of Iron, The Earth Is the Lord's (about Genghis Khan), and Captains and the Kings. Her last major novel, Answer as a Man, appeared in 1980.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Philip on May 12, 2012

Taylor Caldwell is largely unknown today, and CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS is virtually the only novel of her left in print in mass-market paperback, and less than a handful are available in oversized paperback editions. But from 1938 (DYNASTY OF DEATH) through her last published novel, ANSWER AS A MAN (1......more

Goodreads review by Susan's Reviews on May 15, 2023

I was a huge Taylor Caldwell fan growing up. This series was loosely based on the Kennedy family. I remember so proud and inspired when I found out that the author was female! Bravo. She was a prolific writer. It was said that her then husband burned some 140 unpublished novels. She made it look so easy......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on March 06, 2019

The ending implies that the Joseph Armagh only lived for his family, but the truth was that he only wanted his family to fulfill his own aim in life, which was to take revenge on a world which was too hard on a poor immigrant boy. His sister was to grow up to be a great lady, not a nun. His brother......more

Goodreads review by Jason on August 12, 2011

A truly extraordinary book in every way! My mom told me that a long time ago, she read a book that was so good, and I thought to myself, I have to read this. I enjoyed every page, and it's amazing to think about how it applies to our lives today. If you read it and think about it, the book should bo......more

Goodreads review by Lynette on November 07, 2008

For everyone who did or has ever voted in a presidential election, this is a must read. When an unknown can come out of the woodwork, unstudied and untested, without any sort of litmus test, and become our president, we must ask ourselves, "Who is he and who owns him?' Read this book! It is haunting......more

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