I would give it 3.5 stars. I love family sagas but thought this was shallower than others I've read. Also confusing characters. I kept having to look back to see who some were. ( )

Legendary Pratt Family - lost Paul Revere Treasure, golden Eagle Tea Set, brings up to modern day -

Meet the Pratt clas. Driven men. Determined women. Through six turbulent generations, they would pursue a lost Paul Revere treasure. And turn a family secret into an obsession that could destroy them. From the grit and romance of old Boston to exclusive -- and dangerous -- Back Bay today, this sweeping saga paints an unforgettable portrait of a powerful dynasty beset by the forces of history...and a heritage of greed, lust, murder and betrayal.

I have enjoyed the later books in the Peter Fallon series, but have only just found book 1. The story was fast paced and, despite its length, kept me engaged throughout. Reading the series in backwards order, I was surprised at Peter's beginnings and crisis of confidence. Beyond that, it was all I could have hoped. Martin does a great job with historic detective-work genre, and makes the American past - its people and its places and its events - completely accessible to the reader. ( )

A history graduate student unearths a clue to a long-buried treasure and is sucked into a race to find it, along with a disintegrating Boston Brahmin family, a ruthless nouveau riche businessman with a personal vendetta, and an alcoholic journalist. The setting of the book jumps around from the American Revolutionary War to the present (1970s), spinning a tale of a Paul Revere tea set made from confiscated Royalist gold and silver given to George Washington, stolen from the White House, and wreaking tragedy on the family that sees its salvation in it.

I wasn't feeling the romance between Peter and Evangeline, but the book was written in the 70s. I guess we're supposed to believe Peter loves her just because she's beautiful. And she drives a Porsche.

All in all, it's a good historical page-turner. ( )

Growing up near Boston this book brought it all back. I loved this book. Well written and never a dull moment. Great likable charactors. I could not put this book down. ( )