This was a man / Jeffrey Archer.
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TextSeries: Archer, Jeffrey, Clifton chronicles ; 7.Publisher: London : Macmillan, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 419 pages ; 25 cmContent type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781447252245 (hardback); 9781447252252 (paperback); 1447252241; 144725225XSubject(s): Clifton, Harry, (Fictitious character) | Clifton, Harry, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | 1900-1999 | Suspense -- Fiction | Historical fiction | Domestic fiction | Clifton family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction | Suspense fiction | Historical fiction | Clifton, Harry (Fictitious character) Fiction | Clifton, Harry (Fictitious character) | Families | Social classes | Families -- Fiction | Clifton, Harry (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Families England History 20th century Fiction | Social classes England Fiction | Families -- England -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction | Social classes -- England -- Fiction | Politicians -- Great Britain -- Fiction | England -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction | EnglandGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Domestic fiction | Historical fiction | Domestic fiction. | Domestic fiction. | Suspense fiction. | Historical fiction. | Domestic fiction. | Fiction. | Historical fiction. | History. | Suspense fiction | Historical fiction | Domestic fiction | Thrillers (Fiction). | Thrillers (Fiction). | Family -- Adult fiction -- Print | Historical fiction | Domestic fiction. | Historical fiction. | Suspense fiction. | Domestic fiction | Domestic fiction. | Historical fiction. | Domestic fiction | Suspense fiction Additional physical formats: ebook version: No titleDDC classification: 823/.914 Also issued online.Summary: 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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"The final volume of the Clifton chronicles"--Cover.
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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