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 ...(展开全部)

（美）詹姆斯·B.多诺万 生于纽约，毕业于福德姆大学及哈佛大学法学院。第二次世界大战期间，他曾任海军情报机构指挥官；战后，出任美国战略情报局法律顾问，并在纽伦堡审判中担任副检察官。随后，在30多个州的重要审判和上诉中担任首席检察官，同时他也是“沃特斯和多诺万律师事务所”的保险律师和创办合伙人。还曾担任位于纽约的普拉特学院的校长。