Tragedy at Windfield School – Ken Follett
January 20th, 2007I recently listened to 16 hours of captivating audio on my MP3 player. Hey, this is great! Rather than reading Ken Follett’s book I simply downloaded this audio book thriller and the loaded the MP3 player. No more boredom when stuck in traffic. The commute all of a sudden became something I looked forward to!
This is the plot in a few sentences: In 1866 tragedy strikes at the exclusive Windfield School when a mysterious accident takes the life of a student. Among the student’s circle of friends are Hugh Pilaster; Hugh’s older cousin Edward, dissolute heir to the Pilaster banking fortune; and Micky Miranda, the handsome son of a brutal South American oligarchy. The death and its aftermath begin the spiraling circle of treachery that will span three decades and entwine many lives.From the exclusive men’s clubs that cater to every dark desire of England’s upper classes to the luxurious ballrooms of the manipulators of the world’s wealth, Follett conjures up a stunning panorama of intrigue.
“A Dangerous Fortune” sweeeps the characters toward a perilous climax where greed, fed by the shocking truth of a young man’s death, must be stopped – or the dreams of a nation will die.