Ambitious and addictive, Only Time Will Tell is the first novel in Jeffrey Archer’s The Clifton Chronicles, beginning the epic tale of Harry Clifton, a working-class boy from the docks of Bristol.
It is 1920, and against the backdrop of a world ravaged by conflict, Harry’s story begins with the words ‘I was told that my father was killed in the war’. Harry’s existence is defined by the death of his father and he seems destined to a life on the docks until a remarkable gift wins him a scholarship to an exclusive boys school and entry into a world he could never have envisaged.
Over the course of twenty years, as the Second World War and the fight against Hitler draws nearer, Harry will learn the awful truth about his father’s death and of his own connections to a powerful shipping family, the Barringtons. And in doing so, he will change his destiny forever . . .
Richly imagined and populated with remarkable characters, The Clifton Chronicles will take you on a powerful journey, bringing to life one hundred years of family history in a story neither you, nor Harry, could ever have dreamt of.
Continue the bestselling series with The Sins of the Father and Best Kept Secret.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781035022779
Number of pages: 480
Weight: 324 g
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 39 mm
Archer is on top form - The Daily Telegraph
I enjoyed the book and marvelled at both its pace and the imaginative cliffhanger ending, whetting our appetite for volume two - The Sunday Express
This is a cracker of a read. And quite 'unputdownable'. The whole thing about Jeffrey is that he has always had the knack of producing page-turners - Jerry Hayes, The Spectator
The ability to tell a story is a great – and unusual – gift . . . [it] is not something that can be taught or acquired. You have it or you don’t . . . Jeffrey Archer is, first and foremost, a storyteller . . . You don’t sell 250 million copies of your books (250 million!) if you can’t keep an audience hooked – and that’s what Archer does, book after book. Archer’s audience will stick with him to the last. They want to know what happens next - Erica Wagner, Literary Editor, The Times
I took this one on holiday and read it within a day. Archer has not lost his talent for spinning a good yarn and I found this to be the perfect holiday read. It felt like something that Barbara Taylor-Bradford or... More
I have read over a dozen of Jeffrey Archer's novels, and I can say that he has never disappointed me. The Harry Clifton chronicles is absolutely superb. Everything is so clearly described. Considering how... More
I think I was about 15 when I read my first Jeffrey Archer, Kane and Abel. In the 80s we didn’t have the wonderful range of YA titles we have now and I moved from Enid Blyton to Agatha Christie, Stephen King and... More
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