Verdict: The best possible way to say goodbye to the Cliftons and the Barringtons! Long live Mr. Archer! One thing intrigued me is that unlike most of the fictions in which bad guys have to face justice eventually, Jeff Archer let Lady Virginia get away with all her evil deeds and crimes. He even let her attend Harry's funeral and behave properly at the end, given that she had caused so many harms and even death to Harry's family. Maybe this is closer to reality since bad people mostly get away in the real world. When I was 70 years old, I needed something to focus on, something to drive me and I realized if I set the task of writing a series of books called The Clifton Chronicles, the story of Harry Clifton and the woman he falls in love with, Emma Barrington and his best friend Giles Barrington, I would be working flat out for at least five years. So that was the original purpose.

My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.” The sunset book in the Clifton Chronicles is an average fare. Yes, it showed brilliance in parts, the cliched at places - but as the 7th book in the series it was much less dramatic. I really like the main characters even if they are sometimes a bit too good! The bold have some villains and bitches but our main family somehow masters to navigate through all rough waters! She looked up and smiled. He didn’t know her name, and perhaps it was better that he didn’t. All he knew was that she spoke fluent English, was an interpreter by profession, roughly the same age as Karin, and would be wearing an identical outfit to hers. But there was one thing Walter hadn’t explained. Why was she willing to take such a risk? New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer’s Clifton Chronicles is a multi-generational saga over the course of the twentieth century, following patriarch Harry Clifton from Europe to America, through heartache and rivalry and triumph, as his family creates a legacy he never could have imagined.

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This Was a Man opens with a shot being fired, but who pulled the trigger, and who lives and who dies? One of the endearing points of this book to me, in fact, is the inside look at British politics, some of which, as a personal aside, could well be applied to the current state of affairs here in the United States. Sir Giles, for instance, quips to his wife Karin: "...you have to understand that being a scoundrel is simply part of a politician's job description." So determined is Harry to see Babakov released and the book published, that he puts his own life in danger. Sebastian has been elected to the board and has proposed to girlfriend Samantha, but will she be able to live with his ambitions and the lengths he is prepared to go to attain them?

Keep those opinions coming. They help and I’m grateful and I hope you’ll continue to read The Clifton Chronicles. This Was a Man' opens with a shot being fired, but who pulled the trigger, and who lives and who dies? What I found extremely striking about the author's writing was that he first gets his readers surrounded with the thoughts of only his characters and one by one, he asks you to choose your comrade among them.

Jeffrey Archer on The Clifton Chronicles Series

This is the final installment in the Clifton Chronicles series by Jeffrey Archer. The prologue here takes place in 1978, followed by a section on Harry Clifton and his wife Emma from 1978 to 1979, and at the end are chapters on Harry and Emma in 1992.