The Kingston Fortune

by Stephen Longstreet

Book Overview

A house, a mighty industrial dynasty, and a reckless passionate family bearing the most revered and controversial name in America-- the fabulous Kingstons! This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038000366X
• ISBN13: 9780380003662
• Release Date: June 1975
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Storyline ....

...here's the description from the back of the book to help you decide if this book is for you: "The great romantic epic by the bestselling author of The Pedlocks ... THE PRIDE OF THE KINGSTONS ... At last their strange and unforgettable story is revealed, an epic of romance and creation rooted in the American soil and a fortune built on the rails of a vast empire. Begin the saga with ENOCH KINGSTON -- a brawny, daring Western adventurer on a relentless climb toward wealth and power ... a man whose burning ambitions matched his consuming passion for two women: MAUDE ALVAREZ, aristocratic daughter of a landed Spanish family, and BROOK DE LEON, a proud black woman whose strength and spirit equalled his own. Follow the intertwined lives of this magnificent family across three generations and a turbulent centuryof sacrifice and greed, deeply felt love and unbounded lust, incomparable wealth and all-too-human failty ... and discover, in its full fury and emotional sweep, the thunderous heritage of THE KINGSTON FORTUNE."