The seventh and final volume of Jeffrey Archer’s popular Clifton Chronicles series is out.
This Was a Man is a captivating final instalment of the Clifton Chronicles , a series of seven novels that has topped the bestseller lists around the world, and enhanced Archer’s reputation as a master storyteller, according to publishers Pan Macmillan India.
Spanning the 20th century, The Clifton Chronicles is a gripping family saga of the trials and tribulations of the Clifton and Barringtons, two families at opposite ends of the social spectrum.
In This Was a Man , Harry Clifton sets out to write his magnum opus, while his wife Emma completes her 10 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.
Only Time Will Tell is the first novel in The Clifton Chronicles . 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 and expects to continue on at the shipyard, until a remarkable gift wins him a scholarship to an exclusive boys’ school, and his life changes.