Captains and the Kings

Captains and the Kings

Front Cover (1972)
Author Taylor Caldwell
Country United States
Language English
Genre Historical Novel
Publisher Fawcett Publications
Publication date
 1972
Pages 816
OCLC 318377470
Preceded by On Growing Up Tough
Followed by To Look and Pass

Captains and the Kings is a 1972 historical novel by Taylor Caldwell chronicling the rise to wealth and power of an Irish immigrant, Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh, who emigrates as a penniless teenager to the United States, along with his younger brother and baby sister, only for their parents to die shortly afterwards. Joseph Armagh befriends a Lebanese immigrant, and both are taken under the tutelage of an American plutocrat. An inter-generational saga focusing on the themes of the American dream, discrimination and bigotry in American life, and of history as made by a cabal of the rich and powerful, through Armagh's attempt to make his eldest son, who eventually becomes a senator, the first Catholic President of the United States.

Plot

Young Joseph Armagh, recently of Ireland, who promised his dying mother to care for his younger siblings lands in Boston. His determination carries him through years of shady-deal making and his gradual accumulation of wealth and power. Armagh takes on the global power brokers.

Release

Book

It was one of the top 10 best-sellers of 1972, as ranked by The New York Times Best Seller list.[1] Caldwell drew heavily on aspects of the Kennedy family, John D. Rockefeller and Howard Hughes, although she did write in the epilogue that the "Armagh family" is fictional and was not meant to lampoon nor criticize.

Miniseries

The book was adapted into an eight-part television miniseries by NBC in the 1976 broadcast season.[2]

Cast

Main
Supporting

Awards

Duke won an Emmy Award for her performance. Jordan won a Golden Globe award and an Emmy nomination for his performance. Durning was nominated for both an Emmy and a Golden Globe. Beverly D'Angelo made her debut. Cinematographer Ric Waite won his only Emmy Award for his work on the miniseries.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Burt, Daniel S. (2004). The Chronology of American Literature: America's Literary Achievements from the Colonial Era to Modern Times. p. 579. ISBN 978-0618168217.
  2. ↑ "CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS (1976)". Fan TV. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ Giardina, Carolyn (February 21, 2012). "Cinematographer Ric Waite Dies at 78". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 29, 2012.

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