The Clifton Chronicles, Books 1-4
Only Time Will Tell; The Sins of the Father; Best Kept Secret; Be Careful What You Wish For
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#1 New York Times and international bestselling author Jeffrey Archer's Clifton Chronicles series has taken the world by storm, with 2.5 million copies in print in English.
This multi-generational, multi-volume saga of fate, fortune, and redemption follows the Clifton and Barrington families on a breathtaking journey from 1920 all the way through the present. Here together for the first time in an eBook bundle are the first four Clifton Chronicles novels:
Only Time Will Tell
The first book in the Clifton Chronicles begins in 1920 with the words, "I was told that my father was killed in the war," launching the story of Harry Clifton, the hero of Archer's epic tale, and taking him as far as the beginning of WWII.
The Sins of the Father
On the run from a terrible family secret, Harry Clifton joins the Merchant Navy on the eve of WWII and must escape both the consequences of assuming another soldier's identity and the horrors of war.
Best Kept Secret
Now that Harry and the love of his life are free to marry, the powerful Clifton Chronicles moves into the 1950s and the boyhood of Harry's son Sebastian.
Be Careful What You Wish For
As the popular Clifton Chronicles advances to the 1960s, Harry's nemesis Don Pedro Martinez will stop at nothing to get his revenge on Harry on his family.
Jeffrey Archer
In his fifty years as a novelist, Jeffrey Archer became one of the world’s bestselling authors, with sales of over 300 million copies in 119 countries and 49 languages. He was the only author to have ever had a number one bestseller in fiction, non-fiction and short stories. Over his extraordinary career he spent fourteen years and six months on the Sunday Times bestseller list, and five and a half years on the New York Times bestseller list.
A member of the House of Lords, the author was married to Dame Mary Archer, Chancellor of the University of Buckingham, and they have two sons, two granddaughters and three grandsons. He split his time between London, Grantchester in Cambridge, and Mallorca, where he wrote the first draft of each new novel.
Jeffrey died in 2026 on the eve of publication of his final novel, Adam & Eve.
www.jeffreyarcher.com
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