Only Time Will Tell- Jeffrey Archer novel about Bristol unveiled

12/05/2011

Categories: Official press releases

As of today, Only Time Will Tell, the first novel in Jeffrey Archer’s eagerly awaited gripping new family saga, The Clifton Chronicles is on sale to the public. Undoubtedly Archer’s most ambitious work in four decades as an international bestselling author, it spans the twentieth century and carries a cast of memorable characters that The Times has already compared to the Forsyte Saga.

The epic tale of Harry Clifton’s life begins in 1919 in the backstreets of Bristol. His father was a war-hero, but it will be another twenty-one tumultuous years before Harry discovers the truth about how his father really died, and whether, in fact, he even was his father. Is he the son of Arthur Clifton, a stevedore who worked in Bristol docks, or is he the first born son of a scion of West Country society, and heir to a shipping line?

Bearing the hallmark tensions of a modern-day classic, Only Time Will Tell takes us from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take his place at Oxford or join the navy and go to war with Hitler’s Germany.

Jeffrey Archer leads the reader on a thrilling journey through Bristol which climaxes in a truly breathtaking final page, posing a dilemma that neither you, nor Harry Clifton, could ever have anticipated.  With characteristic flair and audacious twists, this is the master storyteller’s most impressive work yet.

Visit the book launch in Bristol, Saturday 14 May 2011 >

About Jeffrey Archer

• Jeffrey Archer, whose bestselling novels include Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, Kane and Abel and The Eleventh Commandment, has sold over 250 million books throughout the world. He has never been more popular: his last book, And Thereby Hangs A Tale, a collection of short stories, reached Number One in the hardback fiction charts.
• He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction (fourteen times), short stories (four times) and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries).
• The author is married with two sons, and lives in London and Cambridge.
• Jeffrey Archer (www.jeffreyarcher.co.uk), whose novels and short stories include Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, Cat O’Nine Tales and Prisoner of Birth, has topped the bestseller lists around the world, with sales of over 250 million copies.  
• Educated at Wellington School, Somerset, and Oxford University, he gained an athletics Blue, was President of the University Athletics Club, and went on to run the 100 yards in 9.6 seconds for Great Britain in 1966.
• Jeffrey has served five years in the House of Commons, eighteen years in the House of Lords, and two at Her Majesty’s prisons, which spawned three highly acclaimed Prison Diaries. 
• With fourteen novels, six sets of short stories, three plays (all of which have been performed in London’s West End), three children's books, one gospel, and three volumes of prison diaries, he is published in 97 countries and 33 languages. He has also written the screenplays for False Impression andPaths of Glory. To mark the thirtieth anniversary of its publication, in October 2009 Jeffrey Archer recrafted Kane and Abel, his bestselling saga, for a new generation of readers.
• Jeffrey currently spends much of his time as an amateur auctioneer, conducting around 30 charity auctions a year, and has raised more than £18 million for various charities in the past 15 years. 

For more information, visit www.jeffreyarcher.co.uk

RSS feeds