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  • Captains and the Kings

  • The Story of an American Dynasty
  • By: Taylor Caldwell
  • Narrated by: Susie Berneis
  • Length: 36 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (389 ratings)

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Captains and the Kings

By: Taylor Caldwell
Narrated by: Susie Berneis
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Joseph Armagh was 13 when he first saw America through a dirty porthole on the steerage deck of The Irish Queen. It was the early 1850s, and he was a penniless orphan cast on a hostile shore to make a home for himself and his younger brother and infant sister. Some 70 years later, from his deathbed, Joseph Armagh last glimpsed his adopted land from the gleaming windows of a palatial estate. A multimillionaire, one of the most powerful and feared men, Joseph Armagh had indeed found a home. Captains and the Kings is the story of the price that was paid for it in the consuming, single-minded determination of a man clawing his way to the top.

©1983 Taylor Caldwell (P)2016 Dreamscape Media, LLC
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This series is the best in all my reviews. I never tire of listening to it.

I never tire of listening and watching this Audible book. The author and reader do a great job.

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Interesting

As Timely today as when written. I heard glimpses of the Kennedy's woven into the history a hundred years before.

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Taylor Caldwell did it again!

Outstanding!!! One of the best books I have ever read. You cannot read this amazing story and not think of the Kennedys

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Very special!

I will miss the fabulously complex characters and the glorious reading of this novel! Captains and Kings an amazing tale!

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a must read.

this book should be read by every high school senior. a real look at the early 1900.

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excellent.

the story is more on point in 2017 then it was in 1972 and it was written.

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Best writing…wisdom and insight for the ages

Taylor Caldwell was a very wise woman. Her writing is exceptional and her insights apply to today’s society and politics as well.

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Excellent

The reader was interesting to listen to as she bought the characters to life with her reading.

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Timeless Treasure

Read this when I was about 25 and going on 79 I decided to read it again. It did not disappoint the first time and it did not disappoint the second! The true measure of the world will be found in this book. Some things we might imagine and discard only to remember them again.

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Great story.

I watched the mini series many years ago and then read the novel. I was delighted to see this as a audiobook.
Susie Berneis is a wonderful narrator. She brought this novel to life. That being said, she didn’t have much luck with the male voices.

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