Only Time Will Tell 时间会说明一切 9780230748224

作者 Jeffrey Archer著
出版社人民出版社
出版时间 2011年5月第1版
ISBN 9780230748224
定价 202.00

内容简介

The"CliftonChronicles"isJeffreyArcher'smostambitiousworkinfourdecadesasaninternationalbestsellingauthor.TheepictaleofHarryClifton'slifebeginsin1920,withthechillingwords,'Iwastoldthatmyfatherwaskilledinthewar'.ButitwillbeanothertwentyyearsbeforeHarrydiscovershowhisfatherreallydied,whichwillonlyleadhimtoquestion:whowashisfather?IshethesonofArthurClifton,astevedorewhoworkedinBristoldocks,orthefirstbornsonofascionofWestCountrysociety,whosefamilyownsashippingline?"OnlyTimeWillTell"coverstheyearsfrom1920to1940,andincludesacastofmemorablecharactersthat"TheTimes"hascomparedto"TheForsyteSaga".VolumeonetakesusfromtheravagesoftheGreatWartotheoutbreakoftheSecondWorldWar,whenHarrymustdecidewhethertotakeupaplaceatOxford,orjointhenavyandgotowarwithHitler'sGermany.InJeffreyArcher'smasterfulhands,thereaderistakenonajourneythattheywon'twanttoend,andwhenyouturnthelastpageofthisunforgettableyarn,youwillbefacedwithadilemmathatneitheryou,norHarryCliftoncouldhaveanticipated.

作者简介

JeffreyArcher,whosenovelsandshortstoriesincludeNotaPennyMore,NotaPennyLess,KaneandAbelandATwistintheTale,hastoppedthebestsellerlistsaroundtheworld,withsalesofover250millioncopies.Heistheonlyauthorevertohavebeenanumberonebestsellerinfiction(fourteentimes),shortstories(fourtimes)andnon-fiction(ThePrisonDiaries).Theauthorismarriedwithtwosons,andlivesinLondonandCambridge.www.jeffreyarcher.com