Jeffrey Archer

From the internationally bestselling author Jeffrey Archer comes Only Time Will Tell, the first in the ambitious Clifton Chronicles 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, Harry finally learns how his father really died, but the awful truth only leads him to question, was he even his father? Is he the son of Arthur Clifton, a stevedore who spent his whole life on the docks, or the firstborn son of a scion of West Country society, whose family owns a shipping line? This introductory novel in Archer's engrossing 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, when Harry must decide whether to take up a place at Oxford or join the navy and go to war with Hitler's Germany. From the docks of working-class England to the bustling streets of 1940 New York City, Only Time Will Tell takes readers on a journey through to future volumes, which will bring to life one hundred years of recent history to reveal a family story that neither the reader nor Harry Clifton himself could ever have imagined.

From the author of the international bestseller Only Time Will Tell, Jeffrey Archer picks up the sweeping story of the Clifton Chronicles with The Sins of the Father. 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. But his ship is sunk in the Atlantic by a German U-boat, drowning almost the entire crew. An American cruise liner, the SS Kansas Star, rescues a handful of sailors, among them Harry and the third officer, an American named Tom Bradshaw. 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. Without any way of proving his true identity, Harry Clifton is now chained to a past that could be far worse than the one he had hoped to escape.

From "one of the top ten storytellers in the world" (Los Angeles Times), Jeffrey Archer's The Fourth Estate sees two power-hungry men prepared to risk everything in a battle to control the largest newspaper empire in the world. Richard Armstrong narrowly escaped Hitler's atrocities in Eastern Europe on his courage and his wits--skills that served him well in peacetime. Having turned a struggling Berlin newspaper into a success story seemingly overnight, Armstrong made a name for himself--and more than a few enemies along the way... Meanwhile, young Keith Townsend enters the international arena, armed with a world-class education and a sense of entitlement to match. Charged with growing his father's newspaper business into a global media force, he and Armstrong are bound to become sworn rivals--until they arrive at the edge of collapse and will do whatever it takes to stay alive in the game...or die trying.

De hadde bare én ting felles … William Lowell Kane og Abel Rosnovski; den ene sønn av en millionær fra Boston, den andre en fattig, polsk immigrant. To menn, født på samme dag i slutten av det nittende århundre, i hver sin del av verden. De er skjebnebestemt til å møtes i sin higen etter å skape seg et navn. Kane og Abel er en gripende historie om to ambisiøse menn som forenes i sitt hat mot hverandre. Romanen er også en fascinerende og mangfoldig familiesaga som spenner over seksti år og tre generasjoner – gjennom krig, ekteskap, lykke, sorg, triumfer og katastrofer. Besøk gjerne forfatterens nettsider her: http://www.jeffreyarcher.co.uk/site/home Oversatt av Einar Blomgren Om Kane og Abel: «Archer har en evne til å fortelle historier som bare kan beskrives som genial.» Daily Telegraph «En historieforteller i samme klasse som Alexandre Dumas.» Washington Post Om forfatteren: Jeffrey Archer debuterte i 1976 med Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less og har siden gitt ut en lang rekke romaner, novellesamlinger og skuespill. Bøkene hans har toppet bestselgerlistene verden over. Kane og Abel har solgt i over 33 millioner eksemplarer på verdensbasis. Forfatteren bor i London og Cambridge. Bokhandlerne om Kane og Abel: «Kane og Abel er en fascinerende historie om to menns higen etter makt, ære og anerkjennelse. Romanen er engasjerende og sjarmerende, med et stort klassikerpotensiale, også i Norge.» – Nina Egge, Norli CC Gjøvik «Archer klarer fra første side å trollbinde leseren. Historien om de to hovedpersonene, hvis liv er så forskjellige drives framover på en fasinerende måte som gjør at en vanskelig kan legge boken fra seg. En deilig leseropplevelse!» – Sidsel Smith, Ark Vestkanten «Utrolig god historie! Det er en sånn bok man blir sugd inn i, og unødig kommer ut igjen fra før man er ferdig med boken. Ypperlig for alle med hang til historiske romaner eller De Store Fortellingene.» – Christin Kramprud, Gravdahl Lillehammer «Én side og du er fanget i en verden av krig og kjærlighet, svik og lojalitet, fattigdom og overklasse. Rett og slett et gedigent kinderegg for bokelskere!» – Trude Cecilie Næss, Norli Solsiden «Jeg elsker historiske romaner, og Kane og Abel er absolutt på topp blant de beste. Jeffrey Archer har skrevet en roman hvor du bare MÅ lese litt til. Den hurtige fremgangen gjør også at man får historien for mer enn et halvt århundre mens intrigene pågår. Jeg ble virkelig glad i både Kane og Abel, og håpet hele tiden på at de skulle få ordnet opp i alle misforståelsene de måtte ha om hverandre.» – Lise Cecilie Hansen, Bokhuset Libris, Jekta Storsenter «Den var fantastisk godt skrevet, informativ og menneskelig. En av de beste bøkene jeg har lest. Forfatteren har en unik evne til å gjengi faktiske historiske hendelser samtidig som han forteller en vakker og omfattende historie om menneskeliv.» – Wibeke Solsvik, Notabene Gullgruven «Dette er historiefortelling på sitt beste! Kane og Abel er helt enestående!» – Linn Steier, Norli Sandefjord «Dette er forfatterkunst! Dette er fortellerglede! Gled deg, les sakte.» – Liv Gade, Norli Sandefjord

A collected edition of the master storyteller's short stories

From the author of the international bestseller Only Time Will Tell, Jeffrey Archer picks up the sweeping story of the Clifton Chronicles with The Sins of the Father. 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. But his ship is sunk in the Atlantic by a German U-boat, drowning almost the entire crew. An American cruise liner, the SS Kansas Star, rescues a handful of sailors, among them Harry and the third officer, an American named Tom Bradshaw. 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. Without any way of proving his true identity, Harry Clifton is now chained to a past that could be far worse than the one he had hoped to escape.

New York, 1939. Tom Bradshaw is arrested for first degree murder. He stands accused of killing his brother. When Sefton Jelks, a top Manhattan lawyer, offers his services for nothing, penniless Tom has little choice but to accept his assurance of a lighter sentence. After Tom is tried, found guilty and sentenced, Jelks disappears, and the only way for him to prove his innocence would be to reveal his true identity - something that he has sworn never to do in order to protect the woman he loves. Meanwhile, the young woman in question travels to New York, leaving their son behind in England, having decided she'll do whatever it takes to find the man she was to marry - unwilling to believe that he died at sea. The only proof she has is a letter. A letter that has remained unopened on a mantelpiece in Bristol for over a year. In Jeffrey Archer's epic novel, family loyalties are stretched to their limits as secrets unravel, and the story moves from the backstreets of Bristol to the boardrooms of Manhattan. Join the great storyteller on a journey where there are no stop signs, no cul-de-sacs and no dead ends.

Tragic, comic, outrageous--these fifteen stories in And Thereby Hangs a Tale from international bestselling author Jeffrey Archer showcase his remarkable talent for capturing an unforgettable moment in time... In India, in "Caste-Off," a man and woman fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green on the streets of Delhi... From Germany comes "A Good Eye," about a priceless oil painting that has remained in the same family for over two hundred years, until... To the Channel Islands and "Members Only," where a golf ball falls out of a Christmas cracker, and a young man's life will never be the same... To Italy and "No Room at the Inn," where a young man who is trying to book a hotel room ends up in bed with the receptionist, unaware that she... To England, where, in "High Heels," a woman has to explain to her husband why a pair of designer shoes couldn't have gone up in flames...

The fourteen short stories in To Cut a Long Story Short show Jeffrey Archer's great skills with a wide variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all with that trademark twist in the tale. Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices run from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from the quirks of the legal profession – and those who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar – to the creative financial talents of a member of Her Majesty's diplomatic service – but for a good cause. The last story, The Grass is Always Greener, is possibly the best piece Archer has written, and will haunt you for the rest of your life.

From Jeffrey Archer, the bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, comes his captivating sixth collection of short stories, And Hereby Hangs a Tale, full of magnificent characters and shocking plot twists. In ‘High Heels’ discover what happens in a loss adjuster’s memorable first case where his wife has to explain why a pair of designer shoes couldn’t have gone up in flames. While on the streets of Delhi in ‘Caste-Off’ a man and woman fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green. And in ‘A Good Eye’ a priceless Renaissance oil painting remains in the same family for generations until its current owner is faced with a difficult choice . . . Jeffrey demonstrates his natural aptitude for short stories which are stylish, witty and entertaining. His mastery of characterization and suspense, combined with a gift for the unexpected, jaw-dropping plot twist, show him at the height of his powers and demonstrate why he is one of world's bestselling authors.

Some people have dreams that are so magnificent that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. But what if one man had such a dream...and once he'd fulfilled it, there was no proof that he had achieved his ambition? This is the story of such a man: George Mallory. He once told an American reporter that he wanted to climb Mt. Everest "because it's there." On his third attempt in 1924, at age thirty-seven, he was last seen six hundred feet from the top. His body was found in 1999. And it still remains a mystery whether he ever reached the summit.

International bestseller and master storyteller Jeffrey Archer returns with a tale of fate and fortune, redemption and revenge with A Prisoner of Birth. Danny Cartwright and Spencer Craig never should have met. One evening, Danny, an East End cockney who works as a garage mechanic, takes his fiance up to the West End to celebrate their engagement. He crosses the path of Spencer Craig, a West End barrister posed to be the youngest Queen's Counsel of his generation. A few hours later Danny is arrested for murder and later is sentenced to twenty-two years in prison, thanks to irrefutable testimony from Spencer, the prosecution's main witness. Danny spends the next few years in a high-security prison while Spencer Craig's career as a lawyer goes straight up. All the while Danny plans to escape and wreak his revenge. Thus begins Jeffrey Archer's poignant novel of deception, hatred and vengeance, in which only one of them can finally triumph while the other will spend the rest of his days in jail. But which one will triumph? This suspenseful novel takes the listener through so many twists and turns that no one will guess the ending, even the most ardent of Archer's many, many fans.

Heaven, Jeffrey Archer's final volume in his trilogy of prison diaries, covers the period of his transfer from a medium security prison, HMP Wayland, to his eventual release on parole in July 2003. Here is the shocking account of the traumatic time he spent in the notorious Lincoln jail and the events that led to his incarceration there, and also shines a harsh light on a system that is close to its breaking point. Told with humor, compassion, and honesty, the diary closes with a thought-provoking manifesto that will be applauded by reform advocates and the prison population alike.

The bestselling author Jeffrey Archer once again astonishes, delights, and electrifies with this story collection, Twelve Red Herrings. Archer, the internationally bestselling author of Honor Among Thieves and Kane & Abel, serves up this inventive collection of a dozen short stories -- with a twist. Cleverly styled, with richly drawn characters and ingeniously plotted story lines, each of the twelve pieces ends with a delightfully unexpected turn of events. An imprisoned man is certain that his supposed murder victim is very much alive.... A female driver is pursued relentlessly by a menacing figure in another vehicle.... A young artist gets the biggest break of her career.... A restless beauty manages the perfect birthday celebration.... An escaped Iraqi on Saddam Hussein's death list pays an involuntary visit to his homeland. In each tale, human beings are given an opportunity to seize, a crucial problem to solve, or a danger to avoid. How will they react? How would you? Capping off the collection are two additional rewards. In the final story, Archer offers a choice of four endings. And buried in each story is another diversion -- a red herring which Archer challenges his readers to uncover.

In a second volume in the autobiographical series, the best-selling author recounts his incarceration at a Norfolk medium-security prison, where he makes observations about the British penal system and waits for a transfer to a minimum-security establishment. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.