A Dangerous Fortune 📖

A Dangerous Fortune

Follett, Ken
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historical fiction family saga past tense third limited POV ~666 pp

Vibe

corrupt oppressive paranoid

A historical fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count166,479
Page count~666 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited