Cometh the hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia. Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. Harry clifton remains determined to get Anatoly Babakov released from a gulag in Siberia, following the international success of his acclaimed book, Uncle Joe.
But is karin truly in love with him, and can see no way out of her financial problems, or is she a spy?Lady Virginia is facing bankruptcy, until she is introduced to the hapless Cyrus T. But her parents have already chosen the man she is going to marry. But then something unexpected happens that none of them could have anticipated.
Cometh the hour is the penultimate book in the Clifton Chronicles and, like the five previous novels - which were all New York Times bestsellers - showcases Jeffrey Archer's extraordinary storytelling with his trademark twists.
This Was a Man: The Final Volume of The Clifton Chronicles
. And lady virginia, who is set to flee the country to avoid her creditors, finds an opportunity to clear her debts after the Duchess of Hertford dies—and a way to finally trump the Cliftons and Barringtons. Meanwhile, giles Barrington discovers a shocking truth about his wife, Karin. Sebastian’s daughter Jessica is expelled from school, but her aunt Grace comes to the rescue.
Sebastian clifton becomes chairman of Farthings Kaufman bank, but only after Hakim Bishara’s abrupt resignation. Harry clifton’s story began in 1920, as a dock worker in England, and now he is set to write his magnum opus. Harry’s wife emma, who just completed her time at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, receives a surprise call from Margaret Thatcher.
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Mightier Than the Sword: A Novel Clifton Chronicles Book 5
Jeffrey archer's compelling Clifton Chronicles continue in this, his most accomplished novel to date. So determined is harry to see Babakov released and the book published, that he puts his own life in danger. His wife emma, chairman of Barrington Shipping, is facing the repercussions of the IRA attack on the Buckingham.
With all the trademark twists and turns that have made him one of the world's most popular authors, the spellbinding story of the Clifton and the Barrington families continues. Babakov's crime? writing a book called Uncle Joe, a devastating insight into what it was like to work for Stalin. Mightier than the sword opens with an ira bomb exploding during the mv buckingham's maiden voyage across the Atlantic - but how many passengers lose their lives?When Harry Clifton visits his publisher in New York, and immediately launches a campaign for the release of a fellow author, Anatoly Babakov, he learns that he has been elected as the new president of English PEN, who's imprisoned in Siberia.
But who wins this time?in london, harry and emma's son, is quickly making a name for himself at Farthing's Bank in London, Sebastian, and has proposed to the beautiful young American, Samantha. Once again, giles's political career is thrown off balance by none other than his old adversary, Major Alex Fisher, who once again stands against him at the election.
Be Careful What You Wish For: A Novel Clifton Chronicles Book 4
Bestselling author jeffrey archer's be careful what You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been involved in a fatal car accident. But who died, sebastian or his best friend Bruno?When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him.
Hardcastle's first decision is who to support to become the next chairman of the board: Emma Clifton or Major Alex Fisher? And with that decision, the story takes yet another twist that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Be careful what you wish for showcases the master storyteller's talent as never before – when the Clifton and Barrington families march forward into the sixties, in this epic tale of love, revenge, ambition and betrayal.
This causes an upheaval that none of them could have anticipated, and will change the lives of every member of the Clifton and Barrington families. Both families are delighted until priscilla bingham, Jessica's future mother-in-law, has a visit from an old friend, Lady Virginia Fenwick, who drops her particular brand of poison into the wedding chalice.
Then, a bluff yorkshireman who no one has come across before, Cedric Hardcastle, without warning, takes his place on the board of Barringtons.
Best Kept Secret Clifton Chronicles Book 3
Harry returns to america to promote his latest novel, while his beloved Emma goes in search of the little girl who was found abandoned in her father's office on the night he was killed. Jeffrey archer's mesmerizing saga of the Clifton and Barrington families continues. 1945, london. When the general election is called, Giles Barrington has to defend his seat in the House of Commons and is horrified to discover who the Conservatives select to stand against him.
Does he become a millionaire? does he go to cambridge? Is his life in danger? Best Kept Secret, will answer all these questions but, the third volume in Jeffrey Archer's bestselling series, once again, pose so many more. The vote in the house of Lords as to who should inherit the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie.
. The lord chancellor's deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington.
The Sins of the Father Clifton Chronicles Book 2
When bradshaw dies in the night, Harry seizes on the chance to escape his tangled past and assumes his identity. But on landing in america, he quickly learns the mistake he has made, when he discovers what is awaiting Bradshaw in New York. An american cruise liner, among them harry and the third officer, the SS Kansas Star, rescues a handful of sailors, an American named Tom Bradshaw.
But his ship is sunk in the Atlantic by a German U-boat, drowning almost the entire crew.
Only Time Will Tell Clifton Chronicles Book 1
From the internationally bestselling author of kane and Abel and A Prisoner of Birth comes Only Time Will Tell, the first in an ambitious new series that tells the story of one family across generations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph. The epic tale of harry clifton's life begins in 1920, with the words "I was told that my father was killed in the war.
A dock worker in bristol, harry never knew his father, but he learns about life on the docks from his uncle, who expects Harry to join him at the shipyard once he's left school. But then an unexpected gift wins him a scholarship to an exclusive boys' school, and his life will never be the same again. As he enters into adulthood, whose family owns a shipping line?this introductory novel in archer's ambitious series the clifton chronicles includes a cast of colorful characters and takes us from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, a stevedore who spent his whole life on the docks, but the awful truth only leads him to question, Harry finally learns how his father really died, was he even his father? Is he the son of Arthur Clifton, or the firstborn son of a scion of West Country society, when Harry must decide whether to take up a place at Oxford or join the navy and go to war with Hitler's Germany.
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Kane and Abel
Two men - ambitious, ruthless - are locked in a relentless struggle to build an empire, powerful, fueled by their all-consuming hatred.
A Prisoner of Birth: A Novel
. But when the four prosecution witnesses are a barrister, the highest-security jail in the land, an aristocrat, and the youngest partner in an established firm's history, a popular actor, who is going to believe your side of the story?Danny is sentenced to twenty-two years and sent to Belmarsh prison, from where no inmate has ever escaped.
However, and toby mortimer all underestimate danny's determination to seek revenge, lawrence Davenport, Thus begins Jeffrey Archer's most powerful novel since Kane and Abel, which ends up with all four fighting for their lives, and Beth's relentless quest to pursue justice, Gerald Payne, Spencer Craig, with a cast of characters that will remain with you long after you've turned the last page.
And if that is not enough, prepare for an ending that will shock even the most ardent of Archer's fans.
The Prodigal Daughter Kane and Abel Book 2
But his ship is sunk in the Atlantic by a German U-boat, drowning almost the entire crew. With florentyna's ultimate goal only a heartbeat away, both are about to discover the shattering price of power as a titanic battle of betrayal and deception reaches out from the past-a blood feud between two generations that threatens to destroy everything Florentyna and Richard have fought to achieve.
Bonus material included: 1st chapter of jeffrey Archer's newest novel SINS OF THE FATHER, coming May 2012. Sins of the father: on the heels of the international bestseller Only Time Will Tell, Jeffrey Archer picks up the sweeping story of the Clifton Chronicles…. Only days before britain declares war on germany, harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of long-buried family secrets, and forced to accept that his desire to marry Emma Barrington will never be fulfilled, has joined the Merchant Navy.
With a will of steel, Polish immigrant Florentyna Rosnovski is indeed Abel's daughter. The scion of a banking magnate he is successful, handsome, and determined to carve his own path in the world-and to build a future with the woman he loves. When bradshaw dies in the night, Harry seizes on the chance to escape his tangled past and assumes his identity.
Nothing Ventured William Warwick Novels Book 1
Through twists, triumph and tragedy, this series will show that William Warwick is destined to become one of Jeffrey Archer’s most enduring legacies. Meanwhile, but whose side is she really on?this new series introduces William Warwick, Miles Faulkner’s wife, befriends William, Christina, a family man and a detective who will battle throughout his career against a powerful criminal nemesis.
. But this is not a detective story, this is a story about the making of a detective. Nothing ventured heralds the start of a brand new series in the style of Jeffrey Archer’s #1 New York Times bestselling Clifton Chronicles: introducing Detective William Warwick. William warwick has always wanted to be a detective, and his sister Grace, Sir Julian Warwick QC, much to his father’s dismay, that rather than become a lawyer like his father, and decides, he will join London’s Metropolitan Police Force.
After graduating from university, william begins a career that will define his life: from his early months on the beat under the watchful eye of his first mentor, Constable Fred Yates, to his first high-stakes case as a fledgling detective in Scotland Yard’s arts and antiquities squad.