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Sons of Fortune

By: Jeffrey Archer
Narrated by: Michael Brandon
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Summary

Separated at birth by a desperate nurse who loses a millionaire's son to cot death, twin boys grow up without any knowledge of the other.

Nat Cartwright lives with his middle-class birth parents and grows up to becomes a war hero in the Vietnam War before returning home to run for office in the Republican party.

Fletcher Davenport becomes the only son of the millionaire couple. After graduating from Yale, he builds a reputation as a prolific criminal defence lawyer before he too delves into politics as a Democrat.

Though their lives are entwined, and perfectly mirrored with tragedy and betrayal, neither men meet until one must defend the other for murder. A family saga of fate, political rivalry and extended lost family, perfect for fans of Jeffrey Archer’s other suspense filled thrillers.

Sons of Fortune is narrated by Michael Brandon, most famous for playing James Dempsey in the 1980’s television crime drama, "Dempsey and Makepeace". His extensive theatre career spans Broadway and the West End, where he played Jerry Springer in "Jerry Springer: the Opera" for the National Theatre.

Jeffrey Archer is a bestselling British author and former politician. He was educated at Oxford and went on to become a Member of Parliament, a Member of the House of Lords as well as the deputy chair of the Conservative Party. His political career ended in scandal and he turned to writing, where he has been published in over 250 countries.

He is perhaps most famous for the Clifton Chronicles and his blockbuster Kane and Abel which was number one on the New York Time's Bestseller list and inspired a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss and Sam Neill.

After he was imprisoned for perjury in 2001, he wrote his highly acclaimed non-fiction series, Prison Diaries - Hell, Purgatory and Heaven - which were inspired by his experiences and loosely structured around Dante's Inferno.

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Classic Archer Style

Although the format and storylines are so similar to the Archer classics, I still enjoyed the book. However, the narrator was the wrong choice for this recording. Far too old a voice with little variation in tone to differentiate between characters. Listen to the sample before purchasing.

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Ok ish

The last hour and a half was really good, but this is definitely not my favourite of the wonderful Mr Archer. Narrator sounded quite urgent most of the time. For me, the ending was unresolved…

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Great plot but hard work at first

Found the first few chapters quite hard work and confusing as switching between characters rapidly. The narrator did not change the pitch or intonation of his voice making it hard to keep track of the plot. However it developed into a first class story at about chapter 5 onwards.

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not sure about this book

this was the first time in all the 30 Archer books I have read where I almost gave up after the first 3 chapters. I found it very hard to understand the different characters. I thought it was his worst book, however in the end I did enjoy it.

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Fascinating as always

Great story and wonderful narration. Jeffery Archer always lives up to expectation. Narration just right.

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The story was gripping

The end was frustrating after such a good story line, the character’s were very good and you felt fir each of the them growing up.

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Unputdownable

Wow. Follows the lives and lives of two twins separated at birth.

If you like Kane and Abel, you will love this

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Excellent

Another excellent story from one of the best storytellers of our time . We’ll narrated Aswell

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Another brilliant book

I just love listening to his books . 📚 looking forward to his next one. Once you pick it up just love stories line and then look forward to the end. 👍🏾👍🏾

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Great as usual

Loved the story. Wished it had different readers of the characters. However another brilliant book.

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