#98 in Historical fiction
A Dangerous Fortune
- 602
- Pages
- about 11 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Ken Follett’s “A Dangerous Fortune” is an absorbing Victorian family saga, set around a bank’s collapse in 1866 and dominated by the ruthless Augusta. Some readers find the plot meandering, the time jumps abrupt and the central love story rushed. Others enjoy it all the same, as indulgent melodrama or as classic Follett amid family rivalries and London banking. At over six hundred pages, the novel rewards a taste for big, crowded plots.
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About the book
A Dangerous Fortune is a novel written by British author Ken Follett in 1993. The story is set against the backdrop of collapse of a bank in 1866. The book also features Follett's first female villain, the domineering and unscrupulous Augusta.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 61 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 29% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Historical fiction average of 8.0. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Books | 9.0 | 5 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 56 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is A Dangerous Fortune?
It has 602 pages — longer than 77% of the ranked books in Historical fiction.
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