Word order problem!

[Mad-ox]

Which one sounds better?


He would have become the prisoner of both wealth and theft.


He would have become the prisoner both of wealth and of theft.

 

[emsr2d2]

Which one sounds better?


He would have become the prisoner of both wealth and theft.


He would have become the prisoner both of wealth and of theft.

I prefer the word order in the first. However, it's a rather odd sentence.