"The Clifton Chronicles" is Jeffrey Archer's most ambitious work in his long career as a bestselling author.

The story of Harry Clifton begins in 1919, in the slums of Bristol. Harry grows up an orphan, believing that his father was killed in the war, and knowing that soon, like all the men around him, he will become a dockworker. However, a rare talent secures him a scholarship to an expensive private school - and his life changes forever...

Many difficult years will pass until, at twenty-one, Harry learns the truth about his father's death. And the terrible truth will bring him face to face with a much more agonizing question: if he is indeed the son of Arthur Clifton or the illegitimate child of a powerful man whose family rules the entire port.

And as revelations sweep through Harry's life, the winds of war sweep through the world again...

From the First to the Second World War, from the gray docks of Bristol to the bustling streets of 1940s New York, the author of the unforgettable "Kane and Abel" takes his readers on an epic journey that will follow the thrilling paths of his heroes throughout the entire 20th century. A great adventure that you won't want to end...