This Was a Man by Jeffrey Archer
Macmillan, RRP $49.99, Hardback
One century unfolds: one family,
one extraordinary story.
This Was a Man is the
captivating final instalment of the Clifton Chronicles, a series of seven novels
that has topped the bestseller lists around the world, and enhanced Jeffrey
Archer's reputation as a master storyteller.
This Was a Man opens with a shot
being fired, but who pulled the trigger, and who lives and who dies?
In Whitehall, Giles Barrington
discovers the truth about his wife Karin from the Cabinet Secretary. Is she a
spy or a pawn in a larger game? Harry Clifton sets out to write his magnum
opus, while his wife Emma completes her ten years as Chairman of the Bristol
Royal Infirmary, and receives an unexpected call from Margaret Thatcher
offering her a job.
Sebastian Clifton becomes
chairman of Farthings Kaufman bank, but only after Hakim Bishara has to resign
for personal reasons. Sebastian and Samantha's talented daughter, Jessica, is
expelled from the Slade School of Fine Art, but her aunt Grace comes to her
rescue.
Meanwhile, Lady Virginia is
about to flee the country to avoid her creditors when the Duchess of Hertford
dies, and she sees another opportunity to clear her debts and finally trump the
Cliftons and Barringtons.
In a devastating twist, tragedy
engulfs the Clifton family when one of them receives a shocking diagnosis that
will throw all their lives into turmoil.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jeffrey Archer, whose novels and short stories include Kane and Abel, A
Prisoner of Birth and Cat O' Nine Tales, has topped the bestseller lists around
the world, with sales of over 275 million copies. He is the only author ever to
have been a number one bestseller in fiction, short stories and non-fiction
(The Prison Diaries). The author is married to Dame Mary Archer, and they have
two sons and two grandsons.
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