Mightier Than The Sword. The Clifton Chronicles. Volume Five

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Macmillan
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2015
Edition: First Edition

Description: 414 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. An IRA Bomb Explodes During The Voyage Od MV Buckingham's Maiden Voyage Across The Atlantic, But How Many Passengers Lose Their Lives

Publishers Description: Mightier than the Sword opens with an IRA bomb exploding during the MV Buckinghams maiden voyage across the Atlantic - but how many passengers lose their lives When Harry Clifton visits his publisher in New York, he learns that he has been elected as the new president of English PEN, and immediately launches a campaign for the release of a fellow author, Anatoly Babakov, whos imprisoned in Siberia. Babakovs crime Writing a book called Uncle Joe, a devastating insight into what it was like to work for Stalin. So determined is Harry to see Babakov released and the book published, that he puts his own life in danger. His wife Emma, chairman of Barrington Shipping, is facing the repercussions of the IRA attack on the Buckingham. Some board members feel she should resign, and Lady Virginia Fenwick will stop at nothing to cause Emmas downfall. Sir Giles Barrington is now a minister of the Crown, and looks set for even higher office, until an official trip to Berlin does not end as a diplomatic success. Once again, Giless political career is thrown off balance by none other than his old adversary, Major Alex Fisher, who once again stands against him at the election. But who wins this time In London, Harry and Emmas son, Sebastian, is quickly making a name for himself at Farthings Bank in London, and has proposed to the beautiful young American, Samantha. But the despicable Adrian Sloane, a man interested only in his own advancement and the ruin of Sebastian, will stop at nothing to remove his rival. Jeffrey Archers compelling Clifton Chronicles continue in this spellbinding story with all the trademark twists and turns that have made him one of the worlds most popular authors.

ISBN: 9780230748262