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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.
- Taylor Caldwell
- 1972
Captains and the Kings is an eight-part television miniseries broadcast on NBC in 1976 as part of its Best Sellers anthology series. It is an adaptation of the 1972 novel Captains and the Kings by Taylor Caldwell.
Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh and his two younger siblings Sean and Mary escape a ship on the harbor of New York. The situation ashore is problematic, jobs are scarce and food equally scarce. Aboard the ship their mother has died from disease, but they have a hope; their father is in Philadelphia awaiting them.
- (6)
- September 30, 1976
Captains and the Kings: With Richard Jordan, Harvey Jason, Patty Duke, Blair Brown. Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s.
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- 1976-09-30
- Drama
- 540
Jan 1, 2001 · Captains and the Kings is the sweeping 1972 novel of the family of Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh, who departs Ireland as a 13-year-old with his mother and younger brother Sean to join his father in America. His mother dies upon arrival in New York harbor giving birth to his baby sister Regina.
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- Mass Market Paperback
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Chapter I: Directed by Douglas Heyes. With Richard Jordan, Ray Bolger, Neville Brand, John Carradine. A true rags-to-riches-story about Joseph Armagh who comes to New York with the clothes on his back, and his struggle to achieves riches and a position in society.
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