Kane and Abel

Author : Jeffrey Archer

The compulsive story of two powerful men linked by an all-consuming hatred, from a number 1 bestselling author.

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, fuelled 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...

 The book was an international success. It reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list.

It was made into a television miniseries titled Kane & Abel  starring Peter Strauss as Rosnovski and Sam Neill as Kane.