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Only time will tell, Clifton Chronicles, Book 1., Jeffrey Archer

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Only time will tell, Clifton Chronicles, Book 1., Jeffrey Archer

Language

eng

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Main title

Only time will tell

Medium

electronic resource

Responsibility statement

Jeffrey Archer

Series statement

Clifton Chronicles

Sub title

Clifton Chronicles, Book 1.

Summary

From the internationally bestselling author of Kane and Abel and A Prisoner of Birth comes Only Time Will Tell, the first in an ambitious new 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...

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