A Dangerous Fortune (English, Paperback, Ken Follett)

By the 1860s, the Pilasters are one of the world’s greatest banking families, with connections that reach from the City of London to far-afield colonies. However, as the family grow ever richer in the shadow of oppression and tragedy, their very future is threatened – by the self-same ambition and greed that first earned them their fortune.
Source- Goodreads.com
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