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Les Chroniques de Clifton Séries

Cette saga multigénérationnelle d'envergure retrace la vie d'une famille au cours du vingtième siècle, de l'Europe à l'Amérique. Plongez dans un récit riche en amour, trahisons, rivalités et triomphes inattendus. Observez comment les personnages naviguent à travers des défis personnels et des événements historiques majeurs, façonnant ainsi leur destin. La force durable des liens familiaux, l'ambition et la quête de leur propre héritage constituent le cœur de cette histoire captivante.

Cometh the Hour
Mightier Than The Sword
Be careful what you wish for
Best Kept Secret
Le Livre de Poche: Les Fautes de nos pères
Seul l'avenir le dira

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  1. Seul l'avenir le dira

    • 552pages
    • 20 heures de lecture

    Harry Clifton, fils d’un docker et d’une serveuse de Bristol, né en 1920, est persuadé que son père, Arthur, est mort en héros à la guerre. Alors que tout le dispose à suivre les traces de ses parents, sa voix et son intelligence exceptionnelles lui ouvrent les portes d’un collège réservé aux enfants de la haute société anglaise. C’est là qu’il fait connaissance de Giles, le fils de la famille Barrington, propriétaire d’une grande compagnie maritime. Giles devient son ami. Harry gravit un à un les échelons de la réussite sociale et tombe amoureux de la sœur de Giles. Mais en voulant s’unir à une Barrington, Harry précipite sans le savoir de terribles révélations. Quel sera le prix à payer ? Seul l’avenir le dira. Le premier volet d’une passionnante saga romanesque qui nous conduit des docks de Bristol des Années folles aux navires marchands pris dans la tourmente de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

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  2. Le Livre de Poche: Les Fautes de nos pères

    • 504pages
    • 18 heures de lecture

    New York, septembre 1939. Torpillé par un sous-marin allemand, le bateau sur lequel Harry Clifton a embarqué, coule au milieu de l’Atlantique. Harry, qui fait partie des survivants, décide de prendre l’identité de Tom Bradshaw, un officier mort dans le naufrage. Mais, quand il débarque aux Etats-Unis, il est arrêté pour homicide. S'il veut prouver son innocence, il doit révéler son véritable patronyme. Ce qu'il s'est juré de ne jamais faire, pour protéger la femme qu'il aime. Restée en Angleterre, Emma refuse de croire à sa mort et, malgré les dangers, part à sa recherche. Des prisons de la côte Est aux champs de bataille d'Afrique du Nord en passant par les docks de Bristol, une saga flamboyante où nous retrouvons les personnages inoubliables de Seul l’avenir nous le dira .

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  3. Best Kept Secret

    Embarking on a shared family life, Harry, Emma, Sebastian, and Jessica find their happiness challenged by Emma's brother's engagement to a fortune-seeker, Sebastian's hedonist pursuits, and a grudge-bearing enemy from the past who would destroy their careers.

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  4. Be careful what you wish for

    Bestselling author Jeffrey Archer's latest installment opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma anxiously awaiting news about their son Sebastian, who has been in a fatal car accident. The question looms: who has died, Sebastian or his best friend Bruno? As events unfold, Emma Clifton seeks to replace Ross Buchanan, who resigns as chairman of Barrington Shipping. However, Don Pedro Martinez plans to install Major Alex Fisher, his puppet, to undermine the Barrington family just as they prepare to launch the luxury liner, the MV Buckingham. Meanwhile, their adopted daughter Jessica wins a scholarship to the Slade Academy of Art, where she falls for fellow student Clive Bingham, who proposes marriage. The families celebrate until Jessica's future mother-in-law, Priscilla, receives a visit from the manipulative Lady Virginia Fenwick, who complicates matters. Unexpectedly, Cedric Hardcastle, a new and unanticipated figure, joins the Barrington board, creating turmoil that will impact both the Clifton and Barrington families. Hardcastle's first major decision—who to support for chairman—sets off a chain of events filled with twists, love, revenge, ambition, and betrayal as the families navigate the challenges of the sixties.

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  5. Mightier Than The Sword

    A bomb detonates, leaving the fate of passengers on the MV Buckingham uncertain. Upon arriving in New York, Harry learns from his publisher, Harold Guinzberg, that he has been elected president of English PEN, allowing him to advocate for the release of fellow author Anatoly Babakov, imprisoned in a Russian Gulag for his revealing book about working for Josef Stalin. Harry's commitment to Babakov's cause puts his own life at risk. Meanwhile, Emma Clifton, now Chairman of Barrington Shipping, faces backlash from the IRA bombing of her ship, with some board members urging her resignation while others, including newly elected Sebastian Clifton, support her leadership. Giles Barrington, now a Minister of the Crown, encounters political turmoil following an unsuccessful diplomatic trip to East Germany, exacerbated by Major Alex Fisher's decision to challenge him in the upcoming general election. Sebastian proposes to his girlfriend Samantha, who initially accepts but later withdraws her commitment upon discovering his secretive actions. The narrative culminates in two court trials: a high-profile libel case in London involving Emma and Lady Virginia Fenwick, and a show trial in Russia where Harry is arrested as a spy. Thus unfolds the fifth installment of the Clifton Chronicles.

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  6. Cometh the Hour

    Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia. Cometh the Hour is the penultimate book in the Clifton Chronicles and, like the five previous novels - all of which went to number one on the Sunday Times bestseller list - showcases Jeffrey Archer's extraordinary storytelling with his trademark twists.

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  7. This Was A Man

    This Was a Man opens with a shot being fired, but who pulled the trigger, and who lives and who dies? In Whitehall, Giles Barrington discovers the truth about his wife Karin from the Cabinet Secretary. Is she a spy or a pawn in a larger game? Harry Clifton sets out to write his magnum opus, while his wife Emma completes her ten years as Chairman of the Bristol Royal Infirmary, and receives an unexpected call from Margaret Thatcher offering her a job. Sebastian Clifton becomes chairman of Farthings Kaufman bank, but only after Hakim Bishara has to resign for personal reasons. Sebastian and Samantha’s talented daughter, Jessica, is expelled from the Slade School of Fine Art, but her aunt Grace comes to her rescue. Meanwhile, Lady Virginia is about to flee the country to avoid her creditors when the Duchess of Hertford dies, and she sees another opportunity to clear her debts and finally trump the Cliftons and Barringtons. In a devastating twist, tragedy engulfs the Clifton family when one of them receives a shocking diagnosis that will throw all their lives into turmoil. This Was a Man is the captivating final installment of the Clifton Chronicles, a series of seven novels that has topped the bestseller lists around the world, and enhanced Jeffrey Archer’s reputation as a master storyteller.

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