A Dangerous Fortune

A Dangerous Fortune
First edition (UK)
Author	Ken Follett
Language	English
Genre	Historical fiction
Published	1993 (Macmillan/UK & Delacorte Press/US)
ISBN	0-333-58031-1
OCLC	28374472

A Dangerous Fortune was written by British author Ken Follett in 1993. The story is set against the backdrop of collapse of a bank in 1892. The book also features Follett's first female villain, the domineering, sexy and unscrupulous Augusta.

Plot summary

In 1866, a schoolboy drowns in a mysterious accident. Present are Hugh Pilaster and his older cousin Edward, the dissolute heir to a banking fortune and Micky Miranda, son of a brutal South American landowner. Caught in the ensuing maelstrom are sly matriarch Augusta Pilaster, rich heir Solly Greenbourne and slum girl Maisie Robinson. Micky Miranda uses blackmail and murder to advance his family and threatens the whole British economy.

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Works by Ken Follett

Novels	The Modigliani Scandal (1976) Paper Money (1977) Eye of the Needle (1978) Triple (1979) The Key to Rebecca (1980) The Man from St. Petersburg (1982) Lie Down with Lions (1986) Night Over Water (1991) The Third Twin (1996) The Hammer of Eden (1998) Code to Zero (2000) Jackdaws (2001) Hornet Flight (2002) Whiteout (2004)

Historical novels	The Pillars of the Earth (1989) A Dangerous Fortune (1993) A Place Called Freedom (1995) World Without End (2007)

"Century" trilogy	Fall of Giants (2010) Winter of the World (2012) Edge of Eternity (2014)

Non-fiction	The Heist of the Century (1978) On Wings of Eagles (1983)

Apples Carstairs series (as Simon Myles)	The Big Needle (1974) The Big Black (1974) The Big Hit (1975)

Piers Roper series (as Ken Follett)	The Shakeout (1975) The Bear Raid (1976)

Novelizations (as Bernard L. Ross)	Amok: King of Legend (1976) Capricorn One (1978)

Children's fiction (as Martin Martinsen)	The Mystery Hideout (1976) The Power Twins (1976)

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