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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...
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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