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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

    In the third installment of the Clifton Chronicles, set in 1945, the House of Lords faces a tie over the inheritance of the Barrington family fortune. The Lord Chancellor's deciding vote significantly impacts Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington. While Harry promotes his latest novel in America, Emma searches for a little girl abandoned in her father's office on the night of his murder. As the General Election approaches, Giles is shocked by the Conservative candidate chosen to oppose him. Ultimately, it is Sebastian Clifton, Harry and Emma's son, who affects his uncle's future. By 1957, Sebastian earns a scholarship to Cambridge, introducing a new generation of the Clifton family. However, after being expelled from school, he becomes embroiled in an international art fraud involving a valuable Rodin statue. The story raises questions about Sebastian's future: Will he become a millionaire? Will he attend Cambridge? Is his life at risk? This installment promises answers while presenting new mysteries to unravel.

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  4. Be Careful What You Wish For

    Be Careful What You Wish For begins with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma anxiously awaiting news about their son Sebastian, who has been in a serious car accident. The outcome is uncertain: is Sebastian alive, or has his best friend Bruno died? When Ross Buchanan resigns as chairman of Barrington Shipping, Emma aims to take his place. However, Don Pedro Martinez plans to install Major Alex Fisher, a puppet intent on undermining the Barrington family as they prepare to launch their new luxury liner, the MV Buckingham. Meanwhile, their adopted daughter Jessica wins a scholarship to the Slade Academy of Art and falls in love with Clive Bingham, who proposes marriage. The families celebrate until Priscilla Bingham, Jessica's future mother-in-law, receives a visit from Lady Virginia Fenwick, whose meddling threatens the engagement. Unexpectedly, Cedric Hardcastle, a newcomer from Yorkshire, joins the Barrington board, creating upheaval. His first major decision involves supporting either Emma Clifton or Major Alex Fisher for the chairmanship, setting off a chain of events that will alter the lives of the Clifton and Barrington families. This gripping narrative unfolds as the families navigate the complexities of love, ambition, and betrayal in the 1960s.

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  5. Mightier than the Sword

    • 415pages
    • 15 heures de lecture

    Mightier than the Sword opens with an IRA bomb exploding during the MV Buckingham's maiden voyage across the Atlantic - but how many passengers lose their lives?

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  6. Cometh the Hour

    • 528pages
    • 19 heures de lecture

    Cometh the Hour is the sixth and penultimate book in the spellbinding, number one bestselling Clifton Chronicles, from master storyteller Jeffrey Archer.

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  7. This Was a Man

    This Was a Man is the captivating final instalment 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.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.

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