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A billion-dollar deal is about to go badly wrong. A lavish night out is about to end in murder. And the British government is about to be plunged into crisis. Lord Hartley, the latest in a line of peers going back over two hundred years, lies dying. But his will triggers an inheritance with explosive consequences.

Retrouvez les Clifton et les Barrington dans leur traversée du XXe siècle. Giles, Harry, Emma et leurs enfants sont loin d'en avoir terminé avec leur destinée. Des jeux politiques de la compagnie maritime Barrington à la Chambre des Lords, de l'URSS au Mur de Berlin, la Guerre Froide et les conflits avec l'Irlande heurtent les Clifton et Barrington de plein fouet. Et alors que le poids des années est de plus en plus lourds sur les épaules d'Harry et Emma, une question les taraude : quel héritage laisseront-ils à leurs enfants ? Et tous devront choisir entre amour et ambition.

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...

Los estafados: un catedrático de Oxford, un médico, un elegante galerista francés y un encantador lord inglés. Todos tienen una cosa en común: de la noche a la mañana, cada uno de estos inversores novatos ha perdido su fortuna por culpa de un hombre. El estafador: Harvey Meltcalfe. Un brillante gurú del engaño hecho a sí mismo. Un tipo muy peligroso. Y ahora, un hombre perseguido.

UN SECRET BINE PĂSTRAT este al treilea volum din seria Cronicile familiei Clifton. În 1957, Sebastian câştigă o bursă la Cambridge şi o nouă generaţie a familiei Clifton merge înainte. Va deveni el oare milionar? Va merge la Cambridge? Este oare viaţa lui în...

The thrilling novel that launched #1 New York Times bestseller Jeffrey Archer's career, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less. THE SWINDLE IS INGENIOUS The conned: an Oxford don, a revered society physician, a chic French art dealer, and a charming English lord. They have one thing in common...

Danny Cartwright and Spencer Craig never should have met. One evening, Danny, an East End cockney who works as a garage mechanic, takes his fianceé up to the West End to celebrate their engagement. He crosses the path of Spencer Craig, a West End barrister posed to be the youngest Queen's Counsel of his generation. A few hours later Danny is arrested for murder and later is sentenced to twenty-two years in prison, thanks to irrefutable testimony from Spencer, the prosecution's main witness.

With a will of steel, Polish immigrant Florentyna Rosnovski is indeed Abel's daughter. She shares with her father a love of America, his ideals, and his dream for the future. But she wants more to be the first female president. Golden boy Richard Kane was born into a life of luxury. The scion of a banking magnate he is successful, handsome, and determined to carve his own path in the world - and to build a future with the woman he loves. With Florentyna's ultimate goal only a heartbeat away, both are about to discover the shattering price of power as a titanic battle of betrayal and deception.

When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, the egregious Major Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the Barrington family firm just as the company plans to build its new luxury liner, the MV Buckingham. Back in London, Harry and Emma's adopted daughter wins a scholarship to the Slade Academy of Art where she falls in love with a fellow student, Clive Bingham, who asks her to marry him.

Newly promoted to Detective Inspector, William Warwick is tasked with a dangerous new line of work, to go undercover and expose crime of another kind: corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan Police Force. Along with detectives Rebecca Pankhurst and Nicky Bailey, his team is focused on following Detective Jerry Summers, a young officer whose lifestyle exceeds his income. But the investigation risks being compromised when Nicky falls for Summers. 

Suivez les Clifton dans leur traversée du XXe siècle. Des docks de Bristol aux prestigieux salons d’Oxford, leur vie sera transformée par la destinée.Élevé sur les quais de Bristol, Harry Clifton a toujours cru son avenir tout tracé : suivre la tradition familiale et devenir docker. Mais à l‘aube de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, sa réalité est bousculée. Doit-il aller étudier à Oxford ? S'engager dans l'armée pour batailler contre les forces nazies ? Et laisser son grand amour derrière lui ?

Années 1970. Une lettre de suicide, celle du député Alex Fisher, menace d'ébranler les mondes parallèles des familles Clifton et Barrington. Car si la lettre pourrait se révéler salvatrice pour Emma, elle pourrait tout aussi bien être le coup de grâce pour son frère Giles. Sans compter que ce dernier doit choisir entre sa carrière politique ou le sauvetage audacieux de Karin, captive derrière le rideau de fer ! Pendant ce temps, Sebastian fait face à un dilemme similaire.

Palpitanta serie de romane a lui Jeffrey Archer, CRONICILE FAMILIEI CLIFTON, continuă cu romanul MAI PUTERNIC DECÂT SABIA, cel mai reuşit de până acum. Toate comploturile şi răsturnările de situaţie l-au consacrat drept unul dintre cei mai cunoscuți și populari autori...

A VENIT VREMEA este al șaselea volum din seria CRONICILE FAMILIEI CLIFTON. Un amestec de caractere puternice, viclene, de resentimente și răzbunări șocante, acesta este talentul remarcabil de povestitor al lui Jeffrey Archer. Comploturi, trădări, răsturnări de situații și la sfâ...

DOAR TIMPUL NE VA SPUNE este primul roman din istoria "CRONICILE FAMILIEI CLIFTON", cea mai ambițioasă lucrare a lui JEFFREY ARCHER ca autor internațional de bestselleruri. Povestea lui HARRY CLIFTON începe în anul 1919 în orașul Bristol. Crescut în ideea...

1924 brechen die besten Bergsteiger Großbritanniens zur bislang gewagtesten Expedition auf: Dieses Mal wollen sie den Gipfel des Mount Everest bezwingen. Einer von ihnen ist George Mallory. Doch schließlich, nur kurz vor seinem Ziel, verschwindet er für immer im Nebel. Hat er den Gipfel erreicht? Ist er der eigentliche Erstbesteiger des höchsten Berges der Welt?

La sfârșitul primului volum, DOAR TIMPUL NE VA SPUNE, Harry se află în drum spre America, salvat după scufundarea vasului și decide să-și asume identitatea lui Tom Bradshaw, mort pe mare, pentru a scăpa de trecut și a-i permite Emmei să înceapă o nouă viață. Totul...

Zwölf meisterhafte Erzählungen des Sensationsautors voll dunkler Geheimnisse und stilistischem Glanz: "Jeffrey Archer erweist sich als der geborene Geschichtenerzähler!", urteilt die Times.Eine Frau fährt den Highway entlang – und bemerkt, dass sie verfolgt wird. Dann hört sie die Meldung, dass auf ihrer Route ein Frauenmörder sein Unwesen treibt … Einen Flüchtling führt eine bittere Fügung des Schicksals in sein Heimatland zurück – das Land, in dem er auf der Todesliste steht … Eine Mutter sitzt für den Mord an ihrem Ehemann auf der Anklagebank.

DIA 5: SEGUNDA-FEIRA, 23 DE JULHO DE 2001, 5h53 "O sol está brilhando através das grades da minha janela, no que deve ser um glorioso dia de verão. Estou encarcerado numa cela de cinco passos por três durante doze horas e meia e só poderei sair de novo ao meio-dia. Dezoito horas e meia de confinamento solitário. Na cela abaixo de mim há um garoto de dezessete anos acusado de roubar uma loja: é seu primeiro delito, ainda nem foi condenado. Ele fica trancado por dezoito horas e meia sem poder falar com ninguém.

Florentina Rosnovski es polaca y tiene voluntad de acero. Comparte con Abel, su padre, un amor desmedido por Estados Unidos, sus ideales y el sueño americano. Pero quiere más: convertirse en la primera presidenta de Estados Unidos.