THEY LOVE..AS AN EMPIRE ROCKS!
Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, they must separate their paths. The former will head his footsteps to London and bound his destiny to Lloyd's, a thriving insurance company; the latter will eventually become one of the greatest heroes in the history of the British Empire.
Freddie Bartholomew Madeleine Carroll Guy Standing Tyrone Power C. Aubrey Smith Virginia Field Douglas Scott George Sanders J. M. Kerrigan Una O'Connor Forrester Harvey Gavin Muir E. E. Clive Miles Mander Montagu Love John Burton Arthur Hohl Robert Greig Lumsden Hare Will Stanton Murray Kinnell Billy Bevan Elsa Buchanan Georges Renavent Reginald Barlow May Beatty Lester Matthews Vernon Steele Barlowe Borland Hugh Huntley Charles Croker-King Ivan F. Simpson Holmes Herbert Charles McNaughton Leonard Mudie Charles Coleman Thomas Pogue Yorke Sherwood Agostino Borgato
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