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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: With Richard Jordan, Harvey Jason, Patty Duke, Blair Brown. Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s.
- (525)
- 1976-09-30
- Drama
- 540
Captains and the Kings is an eight-part television miniseries broadcast on NBC in 1976 as part of its Best Sellers anthology series. [1] It is an adaptation of the 1972 novel Captains and the Kings by Taylor Caldwell.
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Oct 8, 2008 · Winner of Two Emmy Awards including Outstanding Lead Actress (Patty Duke) and Cinematography. Determined to create a better life for his family, Joseph Armagh (Richard Jordan), a penniless Irish immigrant, comes to America in the mid-19th century.
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- E1 ENTERTAINMENT
- $219.42
- Richard Jordan, Perry King, Patty Duke
The nine-hour serialization of Taylor Caldwell's novel about an Irish immigrant and the establishment of his family name through the accumulation of wealth and power during the years from 1857 to 1912, along with his goal of having his son elected the first Catholic President of the United...
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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.
