Kane & Abel (1979) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Mr. William Lowell Kane: Boston Banker - Old Family
• Wladeck Koskiewicz/Abel Rosnovski: A polish immigrant to the US
• Matthew Lester: William's best friend from childhood to adulthood
• Richard Lowell Kane: William's father
• Anne Cabot Kane Osborne: William's mother, remarries
• Florentyna Koskiewicz: Wladeck's sister
• Kate up Henley: William's wife
• Henry Cabot Lodge: William's stepfather, later associate of Abel
• Mr. Alan Lloyd: Chairman of Kane and Cabot
• Mr. Anthony Simmons: Chairman of Kane and Cabot and later Vice-Chairman of Kane, Lester and associates
• Mr. Peter Parfitt: Vice-Chairman of Lester's
• Baron Abel Rosnovski: Abel's wife
• Melanie Leroy Seaton: Daughter of Davis Leroy
• Mr. Davis Leroy: Owner of a hotel group
• Mr. Thomas Cohen: William's Jewish lawyer
• Mrs. Thomas Lowell Kane: William's paternal grandmother; a widow
• Hari: Add a description of this character.
• Grandmother Cabot: William's maternal grandmother; a widow
• Andrew MacKenzie: The doctor that delivered William
• Mr. Curtis Fenton: Abel's banker
• Ted Leach: Vice-Chairman of Lester's and later of Kane, Lester and Assoc.
• Stevens
• George Novak: Abel befriends George on the ship ride to USA. George goes on to become Abel's second-in-command in the Baron Group of Hotels later on.
• Florentyna Rosnovski: Abel's daughter
• Mrs. Henderson
• Mr. Munro
• Simon Tukesbury
• Max Brookes
• Mark Clark
• Miss Bigelow
• Josef
• Piotr
• Leon Rosnovski
• Mrs. Ellsworth Statler
• Lyndon Johnson
• Monika
• John Leonard
• Mr. Arthur Cromwell
• Kirkbride
• Richard M. Nixon
• Mrs. William Kane
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Clara
• Fletcher Warren
• Bernard Burrows
• Adlai Stevenson
• Al Capone
• Desmond Pacey
• Franck
• Miss Susan Lester
• Mrs. Richard Kane
• Mr. Rosenevski
• Jenny
• Jake Thomas
• Tadeusz Kosciusko
• Joseph McCarthy
• Virginia
• Stuart Seymour
• Short Smith
• Dr. Teodor Szymanowski
• Rudolph Valentino
• Mrs. Edward Cabot
• Mrs. Tukesbury
• John Preston
• Grumpy Raglan
• Diana Parfitt
• Harding
• Henry Ford
• Lucy Kane
• Smolenski
• Judge Prescott
• Steve Mellon
• Mr. Winthrop Davies
• Mr. Charles Lester
• Joyce
• Mr. Jack Gardner
• Mrs. Raglan
• Carter
• Mr Leland Crosby
• Mr Edward Prendergast
• John Moors Cabot
• H. Trafford Jilks
• Mrs. John Preston
• Mr. Thaddeus Cohen
• Martin
• Rupert Cork-Smith
• Pierre Dubien
• Mr. Kotowski
• Glen Ricardo
• Katherine Brookes
• John F. Kennedy
• J. P. Morgan
• Paul Douglas
• Mr. Edward Leach
• Hitler
• Jerzy Nowak
• Maisie
• Mr. Vincent Hogan
• Sinclair Lewis
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Helena Koskiewicz
• Truman
• Sammy
• Pawel Zaleski
• Slonim
• Covington
• Stefan
• Katya
• Jessie Kovats
• Abby Blount
• Janek
• Annabel
• Harry Smith
• Mr. David Maxton
• Mrs. Henry Osborne
• Miss Amy Leroy
• Jasio Koskiewicz
• Omar N. Bradley
• Corporal Smithers
• George S. Patton
• Adam Tomaszewicz
• Mrs. Ruby Flowers
• Alfons
• Mr. Abel Rosnovski
• Anton Cermak
• Mr. Henry Osborne
• Sophia
• Matka
• Stanislaw Augustus
• Mr Alfred Rodgers
• O'Malley
• Florentyna Kane
• Mr. Peter Novak
• Archer
• Lavinia Seymour
• Zahia
• Mr Ford
• Mr. Irving
• Mont Vélan
• Grandmother Kane
• William parodied Crosby
• Baron Abel Rosnovski'
• Mr Ricardo
• Mr Jilks
• Edinburgh Baron
• Mr Tony Simmons
• Mr Chairman
• Stanislav
• Roberts
• Mr Tukesbury
• Stevens Zaphia
• Mr G. Raglan
• Alderman Henry Osborne
• Mrs Brookes
• David Seymour
• Mr Leroy
• Tadeusz Kosciuszko
• Mr Pacey
• Harry Clifton
• Arthur Clifton
• Kate Kane
• Watts
• Stan
• Mr. Holcombe
• Jack Tar
• Hodgkin

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• New York City
• Chicago, IL
• Boston
• London
• Poland
• Los Angeles
• Europe
• Virginia
• Plaza Hotel
• United States
• England
• Turkey
• Moscow
• Warsaw
• Odessa
• Harvard
• Paris
• Washington
• Wall Street
• San Francisco
• Germany
• Massachusetts
• Beacon Hill
• Vermont
• France
• Dallas
• Columbia University
• Rome
• Middle East
• Radcliffe
• Florida
• White House
• Constantinople
• Buckhurst Park
• Irkutsk
• Ludendorff Bridge
• East Sixty-eighth Street

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by The Prodigal Daughter.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jeffrey Archer (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Fataneh Haj Seyed Javadi (Translator)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• BBC's Big Read (April 2003, #96)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813

Notes for Parents edit see section history

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Family Saga
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary