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Original Title:	Captains and the Kings
ISBN:	0449205622 (ISBN13: 9780449205624)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh, Harry Zieff, Bernadette Hennessey Armagh, Elizabeth Healey Hennessey, Charles Desmond, Rory Armagh, Mary Armag, Marjorie Chisholm, Ed Healey, Sean Armagh, Courtney Wickersham, Tom Hennessey, Katherine Hennessey, Kevin Armagh, Honora Houlihan, Miss Emmy, Claudia, Martinique

Captains and the Kings Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 816 pages

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Title	:	Captains and the Kings
Author	:	Taylor Caldwell
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 816 pages
Published	:	April 1989 by Fawcett Crest (first published 1972)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance

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This is a great surging novel about the amassing of a colossal fortune, the political power that comes with it, and the operation of a curse laid on an Irish-American dynasty and the ruthless driving man who founded it.

Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh was thirteen years old 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 immigrant, an 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 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; in the bitter-sweet bliss of the love of a beautiful woman; in the almost too-late enjoyment of extraordinary children; and in the curse which used the hand of fate to strike in the very face of success itself.

Once again, Taylor Caldwell has looked into America's roistering past as a setting for a drama of the consequences of savage ambition - and its meaning then and now.

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Ratings: 4.13 From 17647 Users | 307 Reviews

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I don't even know where to start with this book. My dad told me about it years ago. Its not exactly one you find lying around on library shelves waiting to be checked out. And, in fact, I only have a copy because I borrowed it from my dad... and HE only has a copy because my sister found it at a thrift store. Anyway- back to reviewing it.First- beware it is what I call "old" writing. What I mean by that is it is more of a Margaret Mitchell or MM Kaye style than say a modern day popular author.

Joseph Armaugh came to America on a ship from Ireland with his mother, brother and baby sister. They were to meet his father who had been in the states for awhile. During the arduous journey Josephs mother became ill and died. Upon arriving in New York he finds that his father has passed and he is now the head of the family at 12 years old. He has to put his brother and infant sister in an orphanage while he tries to make a living to support them. The story follows 70 years of Joseph's life with

I read this book a long, long time ago and just loved it. The story of Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh and his family is inspirational and heartbreaking. Some consider it a retelling of the story of the Kennedy family, and you can see the similarities.



This is a fascinating read. You feel totally involved in this world while you are reading. I read it as a teenager and as an adult and it's loosely based on the story of the Kennedys more particularly their father Joseph with a lot of intrigue and nasty back-stabbing thrown in. Creepy doesn't even begin to describe the kind of people that are in this book...and anyone who comes in contact with them is fighting a losing battle.

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 both frighten you while making you wonder who the hell is actually running our country and the world. Men behind curtains that no one has ever heard of making decisions that change how the world

This book started out super strong with vivid details, moving images, and character investment. I loved, loved, loved it. Then, imagine my surprise when on page 100 the author tells all about the protagonist moving to Titusville, PA (my humble home town) in order to strike it rich in the oil fields. It was absolutely fascinating reading about my town 150 years ago! I enjoyed the book, except there are places where it gets bogged down in politics which, although I recognize is the main theme of