Jeffrey Archer is an infamous man, throughout his somewhat dubious political career there has been no doubt that he could write, readable, gripping and popular books. So when I came across his new offering, I read the blurb on the back and was really looking forward to a good story. Now if ... Read review
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In the late 1940's, a set of twins is separated at birth by a desperate nurse. Nat ... more
Cartwright goes home with his parents, but his twin brother is to begin his days as Fletcher Andrew Davenport, son of a wealthy CEO and his society wife. The two brothers grow up unaware of each other's existence. Eventually, they come to find each other.
A set of twins is separated at birth by a nurse. Nat Davenport goes home with his parents. ... more
But his twin brother is to begin his days as Fletcher Cartwright. During the years that follow, the two brothers grow up unaware of each other's existence. As their lives unfold, they overcome life's obstacles to become the men they are destined to be.
It is Greenwich, Connecticut, in the early 1950's, and a set of twins is separated at ... more
birth by a desperate nurse. Nat Davenport goes home with his parents. But his twin brother is to begin his days as Fletcher Cartwright, son of a wealthy CEO and his wife. During the years that follow, the two brothers grow up unaware of each other's existence.
In the 1940s a set of twins is separated at birth by a desperate nurse and the brothers ... more
grow up unaware of each other's existence. As their lives unfold, both men are confronted with tragedy and betrayal, loss and hardship, but overcome life's obstacles to become the men they are destined to be.
The author of Sons of Fortune, Jeffrey Archer, is one of the most controversial figures of ... more
our age, both as a man and a writer. Jeffrey Archer triumphed over a well-publicised series of disasters to become one of the bestselling writers of the century, and a millionaire several times over. All his mishaps (both financial and personal) merely added to the public image of a writer as one of the great survivors--a man who took all the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and bounced back. His books were always his salvation--many readers were spellbound by his narrative abilities. In fact, Sons of Fortune has encomiums by four newspapers praising the author. Of course, famously, Jeffrey Archer was detained at Her Majesty's Pleasure, and this is his first major novel to appear following his incarceration. But Archer fans are not likely to desert him for this little setback, and the new book will ensure the kind of attention that made such predecessors as First Among Equals such copper-bottomed bestsellers. The concept here is one that has exercised writers since Shakespeare--twins separated by the vicissitudes of chance and reunited under very different circumstances. In Hartford, Connecticut, two brothers are denied the opportunity to grow up together. Fletcher Davenport enjoys life as the son of a millionaire, while his brother Nat grows up under less advantaged circumstances, as the son of a schoolteacher and an insurance salesman. The brothers grow to adulthood not knowing of each others' existence, and Nat distinguishes himself as a war hero in Vietnam before returning to great success as a financier. Fletcher goes from a prestigious law career to become a senator. Ironically, the two men fall in love with the same girl, and when murder enters the equation, one brother has to defend the other against the most severe of charges. Detailing the American background with great gusto, Archer paints his narrative in broad brushstrokes that may lack subtlety but keep the reader transfixed for the whole length of this epic narrative. --Barry Forshaw
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Advantages: an ok book Disadvantages: Not his best
Jeffrey Archer is an infamous man, throughout his somewhat dubious political career there has been no doubt that he could write, readable, gripping and popular books. So when I came across his new offering, I read the blurb on the back and was really looking forward to a good story. Now if this had been the first Archer book I have ever read that is what I would have got.
The plot in brief is two mothers gave birth at the same time, ... ...boy who did not survive the night. As one of the nurses in the hospital was due to become nanny to the only child, whose parents were incredibly wealthy she switched the babies with one of the twins. So the two boys grew up separately from completely different financial backgrounds, but both end up in competing private schools (one on a scholarship) and have an overlapping circle of friends, including both falling for the same girl. Throughout all ... more
Jeffrey Archer is an infamous man, throughout his somewhat dubious political career there has been no doubt that he could write, readable, gripping and popular books. So when I came across his new offering, I read the blurb on the back and was really looking forward to a good story. Now if this had been the first Archer book I have ever read that is what I would have got.
The plot in brief is two mothers gave birth at the same time, one to healthy twins and the other to a little boy who did not survive the night. As one of the nurses in the hospital was due to become nanny to the only child, whose parents were incredibly wealthy she switched the babies with one of the twins. So the two boys grew up separately from completely different financial backgrounds, but both end up in competing private schools (one on a scholarship) and have an overlapping circle of friends, including both falling for the same girl. Throughout all of this they do not meet, until one of the brothers is on trial for a murder he did not commit and the other defends him. They eventually end up fighting for the same political office as governor of the state.
As with many of the Archer offerings there is a lot of what he knows in the book, private school, university entrance exams, election campaigns, that sort of thing. The problem is, we’ve heard it all before. There is a section in the book relating to bank takeover – Kane and Able was centred around a similar thing. There are whole paragraphs in the book that could be exchanged with paragraphs from the Prodigal Daughter when they are in the midst of an election campaign and frankly if you changed the names no one would notice the difference.
There are some elements of originality in the book, one of the brothers marries a Korean lady that he met during the Vietnam war, and she has a secret that naturally comes out in the midst of the election campaign. This causes real problems for the family and ultimately ends in the murder, mentioned above. The brothers eventually find out about the switch towards the end of the book, when one needs to give blood to save the other.
The book is very typical of Archer he uses the same phrases that we come across in many of his other books, ‘He knew he would love her for the rest of his life’, being one of his favourites. The idea behind this book is good but I do feel that he could have made more of it, the brother issue only really accounted for a chapter of it at most, there were some good links between the two lives but again I think that could have gone further to make the brother issue more relevant.
All in all this is an ok book, not great but if you have never read an Archer book before its as good as any to start with, although he has most definitely written better, and 4 years in prison with nothing to do but write I do think this is lacking in imagination.
Advantages: Gripping and readable Disadvantages: Disappointing climax, preditcable storyline
You sometimes get the impression from books by Mr Archer that he is writing about people that remind him of himself - or at least how he would like to imagine himself. The main characters tend to be intelligent, good looking and men of money. This book is no different. It follows the story of two brothers separated at birth, one brought up by a rich family and one that is brought up by a poorer family. It follows their lives and it is undoubtedly ... ...standard fair, but you can't but reading on, as you want to find out how the inevitable coming together pans out. This is not one of Jeffery Archer's best stories. The plot is fairly predictable, and the story to me appeared more of a self publicising exercise. The climax is very disappointing and not really worth waiting for. If you haven't read an Archer book before then don't let this be you first. He is a tremendous story teller, with storylines ...
redahmeid 19.09.2007
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It is Hartford, Connecticut, in the late 1940's, and a set of twins is separated at birth by a desperate nurse. Nat Cartwright goes home with his parents, a schoolteacher and an insurance salesman. But his twin brother is to begin his days as Fletcher Andrew Davenport, son of a wealthy CEO and his society wife. During the years that follow, the two brothers grow up unaware of each other's existence. Nat leaves college at the University of Connecticut to serve in Vietnam. Returning a war hero, he finishes school and goes on to become a successful bank executive. Fletcher, meanwhile, has graduated from Yale University and distinguishes himself as a criminal defence lawyer before he is elected a senator. As their lives unfold, both men are confronted with tragedy and betrayal, loss and hardship, all the time overcoming life's obstacles to become the men they are destined to be. In the tradition of Jeffrey Archer's most popular books, "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, eventually, they come to find each other...
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