Only Time Will Tell
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer is the first edition of an ambitious saga published by St. Martin’s Press on August 30, 2011. This 400-page novel unfolds the life of Harry Clifton, beginning in 1920 with the revelation of his father’s death in the war. As a dock worker in Bristol, Harry’s life takes a turn when he receives a scholarship to an exclusive boys’ school, setting him on a path that diverges from his uncle’s expectations of a life at the shipyard.
Readers will find an epic tale that spans generations and explores themes of identity and family lineage. As Harry matures, he grapples with the truth of his father’s identity and the implications it holds for his future. The narrative weaves through significant historical events, from the aftermath of the Great War to the onset of the Second World War, as Harry faces pivotal choices that will shape his destiny. Only Time Will Tell invites readers into a richly detailed world, filled with colorful characters and the complexities of familial ties, setting the stage for the unfolding saga of The Clifton Chronicles.
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From the internationally bestselling author of Kane and Abel and A Prisoner of Birth comes Only Time Will Tell, the first in an ambitious new series that tells the story of one family across generations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph.
The epic tale of Harry Clifton’s life begins in 1920, with the words “I was told that my father was killed in the war.” A dock worker in Bristol, Harry never knew his father, but he learns about life on the docks from his uncle, who expects Harry to join him at the shipyard once he’s left school. But then an unexpected gift wins him a scholarship to an exclusive boys’ school, and his life will never be the same again.
As he enters into adulthood, Harry finally learns how his father really died, but the awful truth only leads him to question, was he even his father? Is he the son of Arthur Clifton, a stevedore who spent his whole life on the docks, or the firstborn son of a scion of West Country society, whose family owns a shipping line?
This introductory novel in Archer’s ambitious series The Clifton Chronicles includes a cast of colorful characters and takes us from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take up a place at Oxford or join the navy and go to war with Hitler’s Germany. From the docks of working-class England to the bustling streets of 1940 New York City, Only Time Will Tell takes readers on a journey through to future volumes, which will bring to life one hundred years of recent history to reveal a family story that neither the reader nor Harry Clifton himself could ever have imagined.
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