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With more than 2 million copies in print, the Clifton Chronicles has taken #1 worldwide bestselling author Jeffrey Archer to a whole new level. And the saga continues with Mighter Than the Sword.

Bestselling novelist Harry Clifton's on a mission to free a fellow author who's imprisoned in Siberia-even if doing so puts Harry's own life, and life's work, in danger. Meanwhile, his wife Emma, chairman of Barrington Shipping, is facing the repercussions of an IRA bombing on the Buckingham. Some board members feel she should resign. Others will stop at nothing to ensure the Clifton family's fall from grace. In London, Harry and Emma's son, Sebastian, is quickly making a name for himself at Farthing's Bank. He's also just proposed to a beautiful young American, Samantha. But the despicable Adrian Sloane is only interested in one thing: Sebastian's ruin.

Sir Giles Barrington, now a minister of the Crown, looks set for even higher office-until a diplomatic failure in Berlin threatens his prospects. Once again it appears that Giles's political career is thrown off balance by none other than his old adversary, Major Alex Fisher. But who will win the election this time? And at what cost?

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“One of the top ten storytellers in the world.” ―Los Angeles Times

“Archer is a master entertainer.” ―Time Magazine

“There isn't a better story-teller alive.” ―Larry King

“A storyteller in the class of Alexander Dumas…Unsurpassed skill…making the reader wonder intensely what will happen next.” ―The Washington Post

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JEFFREY ARCHER was educated at Oxford University. He served five years as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons and has served twenty-seven years as a Member of the House of Lords. Now published in 97 countries and more than 37 languages, all of his novels and short story collections―including Kane & Abel, Only Time Will Tell and This Was a Man―have been international bestsellers. Jeffrey is married with two sons and three grandchildren, and lives in London, Cambridge and Majorca.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition (August 18, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250079020
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250079022
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.49 x 0.93 x 8.26 inches

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Jeffrey Archer is one of the world’s bestselling authors, with sales of over 275 million copies in 97 countries, and is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction (twenty times), short stories (four times) and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries). He was born in London, and brought up in the West Country. He gained a Blue in Athletics at Oxford, 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 as a Member of Parliament, and thirty years as a Member of the House of Lords.

He has written 27 novels, 7 sets of short stories, 3 prison diaries, 3 plays (all of which have been performed in London's West End) and a gospel. His first novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less was sold to 17 countries within a year. It was also made into a successful serial for BBC Radio 4, and was later televised in 1990 by the BBC. He won the Prix Relay du Roman d’Évasion, a prize that rewards a novel in which readers can ‘escape from everyday life’, for his novel Paths of Glory, and the Prix Polar International Prize for the best international thriller of the year, for his novel A Prisoner of Birth. The Clifton Chronicles, a series of seven novels published between 2011-2017, topped the bestseller lists around the world.

Famous for his discipline as a writer who works on up to fourteen drafts of each book, Jeffrey also brings a vast amount of insider knowledge to his books. Whether it’s his own career in politics, his passionate interest in art, or the wealth of fascinating background detail – inspired by the extraordinary network of friends he has built over a lifetime at the heart of Britain’s establishment – his novels provide a fascinating glimpse into a range of closed worlds.

Jeffrey is also an amateur auctioneer, conducting up to 20 charity auctions a year. He has been married to Dame Mary Archer, Chair of the Science Museum Group, for 55 year, and they have two sons, two granddaughters and three grandsons. He splits his time between London, Cambridge and Mallorca - where he writes the first draft of each new novel.

The fifth book In his new William Warwick novels - the first of which, Nothing Ventured, was published in 2019 - is NEXT IN LINE which will be out in September 2022.

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SRINIVAS TENNETI

The exciting saga continues

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2023

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The story of battles fought by Emma, Seb, and Harry continues. The trip made by Harry to Russia is engrossing to read. I can’t wait to finish the next one in series

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Jeffrey

Good but not excellent

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2015

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I am addicted to the Clifton Chronicles and await each new installment. This installment begins exactly where the last book ended. The book starts off with a bang but a third of the way thru slows down with the story of Giles and his seat in Parliament. It is both boring in my opinion and awfully repetitive from the story Mr. Archer wrote in his last book. The story pick up again at the last third of the book with the trials of both Emma and Harry. Here the book is unstoppable and cannot be turned away until finished. As usual, a cliffhanger ends the book. All in all a very good read and advancement of the story. I anxiously await the next installment.

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DeeCee

The further you read, the harder it is to stop

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2024

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Remarkable story. Love all the characters. It drives me to investigate the historical characters to find how much of it is true.

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Nancy McGuire

The Clifton Chronicles are at the top of the list of thoroughly enjoyable reading experiences!

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2016

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I, and the rest of my book club, have all enjoyed this whole series immensely, and have hungered for each successive book after finishing the last. His writing has stayed consistently brilliant throughout the series. We, collectively, have decided that what has caused us to love these books so much, is that Jeffrey Archer has developed a group (not just one or two) of characters that we passionately root for with each new conflict. The length of the series has allowed us to become connected to the cast of characters as we watch them grow and age and face the challenges of a spectacular, diverse and admirable family. Also the various facets of the plot give fascinating insight into the various worlds of the British political and justice system, corporate intrigue, the art and publishing world and banking industry. Just fabulous!

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Suncoast

Enough, enough, enough - Cliftons without end...

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2015

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When I read the first book in the Clifton Chronicles series it was an amusing, light and somewhat clever tale that looked like the start of an entertaining trilogy. Jeffrey Archer ended each book with interesting cliffhanger endings to keep your attention on the next book. Little did I know that nearly five years later I would be reading #5 in the series - and it looks like there are several more to come!

I read a lot of latest books in long series and always ask myself "Has the author run out of steam with the latest book?". In this case my answer is a solid yes. This book recycles so many plots in different guises from previous books, getting rid of a few key characters along the way to make things look a little different, but keeping most of the main characters and their conflicts alive and adding a few new ones, mainly baddies.

At the end of the last book the cliffhanger was whether an IRA bomb would explode on the liner Buckingham in mid-Atlantic. Of course that danger was cleared up early on and the baddies, both IRA bombers and Don Pedro Martinez, were quickly dispatched out of the story.

Harry Clifton is still writing very successful detective novels but gets involved in an unbelievable campaign, which he kicks off in Moscow, for the release of an author from a Russian jail who wrote a banned biography of Stalin. As Chairman, Emma battles to keep the Barrington Steamship Company afloat with Lady Virginia Fenwick still causing problems, and using Major Alex Fisher and other unscrupulous characters to implement her schemes.

Giles Barrington is a junior minister in Harold Wilson's first government and fights for his political life when the government falls. Sebastian is quickly becoming the financial brains of the Clifton family and gets involved in some interesting but strange financial intrigues.

This book only spans the years 1964 to 1970 which gives Jeffrey Archer scope for a host of future chronicles. While I admire Archer as a great storyteller I am tired of the Clifton/Barrington story line and the unusual and unbelievable lengths that he has gone to keep the story alive. I doubt that I will want to read any further chronicles. 2.5 stars.

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Dusko Popov

Great Read With Disappointments - "Mightier Than The Sword"

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This is a great read, fast-paced, however Jeffrey Archer needs to learn a few lessons from some of his contemporaries, most notably Ken Follett, Robert Ludlum and Nelson DeMille. They know how to end a "serial" novel while leaving the reader feeling complete after reading that phase of the saga whereas the reader knows there is more to come from their favorite characters/themes/series (e.g. Ken Follet's Kingsbridge Series, Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne and Nelson DeMille's John Corey), and not not an unfinished work as is the case with "Mightier Than The Sword."

Jeffrey Archer's spins a tale with complex, well-developed characters facing various - and at times - dire challenges throughout the tale whose lives are intertwined through many circumstances/situations over time that are made clear as the novel progresses from beginning to end. However - at the end of the novel - WAY too many questions remain unclear for the reader concerning many of the intricate situations woven into this tale who is basically told to wait for the next work in this series which should be available some time this year (2016). The only time I was more disappointed with the 'leave the reader hanging' feeling is when James Leigh did not write a follow-up novel to his excellent work, "The Ludi Victor."

Again Jeffrey Archer, "Mightier Than The Sword" is a well-written, fast-paced novel. In the future.please learn from you contemporaries I previously mentioned (Follett, Ludlum, DeMille) and provide the reader with closure at the end of each book in this series. It's very well-written and the characters are believable and fit well into the then-historical context in this novel/series; we anticipate reading the future of the Barrington/Clifton/Fenwick saga!

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Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2023

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Great Read

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In keeping with the past books this book continues enthralling its readers keeping them glued till the end. Although I found the storyline of Giles very sudden and awkward.. but every reader has their own opinion.. so read to find out your own

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2024

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Kris

Une saga des plus addictives

Reviewed in France on September 25, 2022

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Jeffrey Archer a le talent d’introduire l’histoire contemporaine dans ses romans ce qui les rend encore plus crédibles malgré tous les retournements de situation et coups de théâtre qui fourmillent dans ce livre. C’est passionnant de bout en bout.

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Can only repeat, I love the Clifton Chronicles - FAB !!

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Good reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 22, 2021

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