Book description
The Clifton Chronicles is Jeffrey Archer's most ambitious work in four
decades as an international bestselling author.
The epic tale of Harry Clifton's life begins in 1920, with the chilling
words, 'I was told that my father was killed in the war'. But it will be
another twenty years before Harry discovers how his father really died,
which will only lead him to question: who was his father?
Is he the son of Arthur Clifton, a stevedore who worked in Bristol
docks, or the first born son of a scion of West Country society, whose
family owns a shipping line?
Only Time will Tell covers the years from 1920 to 1940, and includes a
cast of memorable characters that The Times has compared to The Forsyte
Saga. Volume one takes us from the ravages of the Great War to the
outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take
up a place at Oxford, or join the navy and go to war with Hitler's
Germany.
In Jeffrey Archer's masterful hands, the reader is taken on a journey
that they won't want to end, and when you turn the last page of this
unforgettable yarn, you will be faced with a dilemma that neither you,
nor Harry Clifton could have anticipated. Jeffrey Archer, whose novels
and short stories include Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, Kane
and Abel
and A Twist in the Tale
, has topped the bestseller lists around the world, with sales of over
250 million copies.
He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in
fiction (fourteen times), short stories (four times) and non-fiction
(The Prison Diaries
).
The author is married with two sons, and lives in London and Cambridge.
www. jeffreyarcher. com
