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Summary: Stunning, it is worth reading
Review: I loved it.
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Summary: A Worthy Sequel
Review: I loved this book. I first read Kane and Abel and throughly enjoyed it. As a die hard political junkie, I found this book even more delightful. Some have complained that Archer found it necessary to at times copy straight out of Kane and Abel. Of course, he had to. What was he to do - invent new dialogue? I found it interesting that he showed us the other side of the story in the Prodigial Daughter, especially the scenes where Richard and Florentyna must confront their fathers with the news of their love. In Kane and Abel, we saw it from Florentyna and Abel's points of view. In Prodigal Daughter, we saw it from Richard and William's points of view. Prodigal Daughter is a throughly captivating book with a surprise ending.
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Summary: Who Cares?
Review: I read Kane & Abel and think it was perhaps the best book I have ever read. I just could not relate or get care about the 'Prodigal Daughter' Being ambitious is great but not at the expense of your family and loved ones. Very dissapointed.
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Summary: The Captivating Sequel to KANE AND ABEL Is Hard To Put Down
Review: I thought KANE AND ABEL was one of the best books I'd ever read, so I was eagerly anticipating THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER. Although it falls a shade short of the greatness of its predecessor, this is still an outstanding novel that reveals more about the characters I had come to love in the first book.Some may argue that Jeffrey Archer cheats the reader since approximately the first 200 pages are a recap of KANE AND ABEL. However, instead of getting the story from the viewpoint of the two men, we see the events throught the eyes of Abel's daughter Florentyna and the added insight makes the second telling of the events highly worthwhile. Florentyna Rosnovski is a formidable and unforgettable character. She endears herself to readers as a young girl through her relationship with her governess Miss Tredgold and her adventures from elementary school through college. Even the expected meeting with Richard Kane takes on new dimensions as they marry despite the deep rejection by both fathers. It was after the initial marriage and career boom that I thought the book faltered slightly. Florentyna became too perfect, everything came too easily, and even the tragic events did not seem to touch her as I would have expected. However, her rise to fame and her battle to achieve her childhood ambition by becoming President of the United States is a page-turning read, one that will surely satisfy fans of KANE AND ABEL.
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Summary: The Captivating Sequel to KANE AND ABEL Is Hard To Put Down
Review: I thought KANE AND ABEL was one of the best books I'd ever read, so I was eagerly anticipating THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER. Although it falls a shade short of the greatness of its predecessor, this is still an outstanding novel that reveals more about the characters I had come to love in the first book. Some may argue that Jeffrey Archer cheats the reader since approximately the first 200 pages are a recap of KANE AND ABEL. However, instead of getting the story from the viewpoint of the two men, we see the events throught the eyes of Abel's daughter Florentyna and the added insight makes the second telling of the events highly worthwhile. Florentyna Rosnovski is a formidable and unforgettable character. She endears herself to readers as a young girl through her relationship with her governess Miss Tredgold and her adventures from elementary school through college. Even the expected meeting with Richard Kane takes on new dimensions as they marry despite the deep rejection by both fathers. It was after the initial marriage and career boom that I thought the book faltered slightly. Florentyna became too perfect, everything came too easily, and even the tragic events did not seem to touch her as I would have expected. However, her rise to fame and her battle to achieve her childhood ambition by becoming President of the United States is a page-turning read, one that will surely satisfy fans of KANE AND ABEL.
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Summary: Make your daughters read this book
Review: I was first given a copy of The Prodigal Daughter in high school, and have reread it several times since then. It is not only an entertaining and well-written story, it is very inspiring --especially to young women. Archer neither downplays nor exacerbates the difficulties faced by women in fields that have traditionally been dominated by men, and his chronicles of Florentyna's rise through business and politics are among the best available in fiction. Archer also does a good job of portraying the years of work that go into creating a successful political career. By the time you're finished reading the book, you almost feel exhausted yourself--but the journey is worth it.
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Summary: The Determined Daughter
Review: If you ever want to know about politics on a level that you don't read in the headlines, this is an excellent book to read. Jeffrey Archer has captured so many details and such strong character development, that it is easy for you to believe in this story As for the title, though, I still wonder why this is titled "The Prodigal Daughter," since prodigal means wastefully extravagant. Although the protagonist was born into wealth, and married someone who became a banker, her character was actually frugal. This is one of those books that you can't turn the page fast enough, because even if you read it years ago, you become so caught up in the drama.
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Summary: Sequels Never Measure Up to Original
Review: Is America ready for a female president? This sequel to the highly successful "Kane and Abel" explores that possibility as it follows the life of the only daughter of famous hotelier Abel Rosnovski. Florentyna Rosnovski, born into wealth and groomed to one day overtake a hotel empire, is a second generation American immigrant who has a falling out with her father after falling in love with the son of his fiercest enemy. Forced to make a fresh start on the West Coast, Florentyna combines her extreme intelligence and love of women's fashion to open her own chain of high class clothing boutiques. Upon Abel's death, she inherits a slew of hotels second-to-none in every corner of the globe and teams with husband Richard to ensure their continued success. Always possessing a vested interest in politics, it is only at the urging of a childhood friend that she enters into the spotlight as a public servant. Everything else, as they say, is American history. The book is insightful and entertaining but lacks the creativity and depth of its predecessor, with which it was sure to draw comparison. In fact, any "Kane and Abel" fan will be sorely disappointed and feel cheated during "Daughter", as Archer feels it necessary to repeat, in exact words, page after page, whole episodes and storylines previously penned in his original epic. It is only after Florentyna reaches adulthood and pushes the past behind that readers will become immersed in her struggle to be successful in both business and politics.
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Summary: Not Kane & Abel
Review: Kane & Abel was a 5 star book. I read The Prodigal Daughter in the hopes that it would come close to Kane & Abel. For me the first about 200 hundred pages were good because it tied up some things from the first book. The rest of the book was very well written but just plain boring when it became all political. Jeffrey Archer tells a story like few others. So if you read the first book and like political issues this would be a 5 star book for you.
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Summary: LA OBRA MAESTRA DE ARCHER
Review: NO CABE LA MENOR DUDA DE QUE EN ESTE LIBRO ARCHER NOS MUESTRA TODA LA MAESTRIA QUE POSEE PARA NARRAR HISTORIAS CON UN ALTO CONTENIDO DE EMOCION, SUSPENSO, TRAGEDIA, ETC. EL PERSONAJE DE FLORENTYNA ROSNOVKY SE VUELVE UN MODELO A SEGUIR POR LA FIRMEZA DE CARACTER Y EL TEMPLE QUE HEREDA DE SUS ANTEPASADOS. LA HISTORIA , A PESAR DE SER UNA CONTINUACION DE LA CELEBRE KANE Y ABEL, SUPERA A ESTA ULTIMA POR LOS RECURSOS UTILIZADOS POR EL AUTOR. SI EL LECTOR DESEA CONOCER A FONDO LOS ENTRETELONES DE LA POLITICA NORTEAMERICANA NO DEJE DE LEER ESTE LIBRO EN EL QUE SIN DUDA EL AUTOR TUVO QUE ESTUDIAR A FONDO EL MODELO POLITICO DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. LA RECOMIENDO AMPLIAMENTE A TODO AQUEL QUE DESEE MOTIVARSE Y ENTRETENERSE CON UNA MARAVILLOSA HISTORIA.
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