Sons of Fortune
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Sons of Fortune is a novel by Jeffrey Archer, published 2003 (ISBN 0-330-41335-X).
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It is a tale of two brothers, Peter Cartwright (named by his unwitting foster-parents Andrew Fletcher Davenport) and Nat Cartwright, who are born twins but are separated at birth by Fletcher's nurse. The two boys go on to grow up successfully, with Fletcher attending Yale and becoming a successful lawyer, and Nat serving in Vietnam and becoming a currency banker. However, their paths cross when they both decide to run for governor of Connecticut and Fletcher decides to defend Nat on the charge of murdering his primary opponent for leaking information that lead to the suicide of Nat's only child. At a later stage Nat gave his blood to Fletcher to save his life from a severe accident; and in the hospital they discover the fact that they are twins. Knowing all this, they both still run for governor of Connecticut. On election day, after several rounds of counting the votes the result is still tied. The winner was ultimately appointed by the toss of a coin which makes the person on the right of the mayor to be the winner of the election.
Several aspects of the plot, as well as specific incidents such as the toss of the coin, also occur in a previous book he wrote - First Among Equals, which is a power struggle between four politicians for the prime ministership of the UK.
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