William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless polish immigrant-born on the same day near the turn of the century on opposite sides of the world-are brought together by fate and the quest of a dream. Two men - ambitious, powerful, ruthless - are locked in a relentless struggle to build an empire, fueled by their all-consuming hatred. Over sixty years and three generations, through war, marriage, fortune, and disaster, Kane and Abel battle for the success and triumph that only one man can have...
杰弗里·阿切尔(Jeffrey Archer)毕业于牛津大学,1969年成为英国当时最年轻的国会议员,后曾任保守党副主席,1992年成为上院终身议员。从1974年第一部长篇小说《一分不多,一分不少》问世起,阿切尔陆续发表了10多部作品,包括长篇小说、短篇小说和剧本多种体裁,题材则不离政坛风云、国际冲突、家族争斗,巧妙的悬念设置、情节推进和适度穿插的情色描写则助阿切尔荣登最畅销作家的宝座。