Kane & Abel

1 About this book

Kane and Abel is a 1979 novel by British author Jeffrey Archer. Released in the United Kingdom in 1979 and in the United States in February 1980, the book was an international success. It reached No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list. The sequel to Kane and Abel is The Prodigal Daughter, in which Florentyna Kane is the protagonist.

Kane & Abel is among the top 100 best-selling books in the world, with a similar number of copies sold as To Kill a Mockingbird and Gone with the Wind.

In 2003, Kane and Abel was listed at number 96 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.

Good for readers who want: historical fiction, a thriller, and a long read.

• Historical fiction
• Thrillers
• Titanic (Steamship)
• Peasants
• Capitalists and financiers
• Sagas
• Hotelkeepers