![]() His mother, Anne, marries Henry Osborne, who turns out to be interested in gambling and women (One of the godparents of William). William displays extraordinary discipline and intelligence as a young man at St. When William was still a child, Richard dies in the Titanic disaster, leaving William fatherless and heir to the Kane & Cabot bank. William follows the steps of his father, Richard Kane, to become a successful banker. William Lowell Kane is a wealthy and powerful Boston Brahmin while Abel Rosnovski (originally named Władek Koskiewicz) is a Pole who was born in a situation of great poverty and eventually migrated to the United States. ![]() They have nothing in common except the same date of birth (18 April 1906 in the book, and 1901 in the miniseries based on it) and a zeal to succeed in life. The book tells the stories of two men born worlds apart. ![]()
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