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Mightier than the sword : a novel / Jeffrey Archer.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Archer, Jeffrey, Clifton chronicles ; v. 5. | Thorndike Press large print core seriesPublisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015Edition: Large Print editionDescription: 677 pages (large print) : genealogical tables ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1410475093 (large print : hardcover)
  • 9781410475091 (large print : hardcover)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: When Harry arrives in New York, his publisher Harold Guinzberg tells him he has been elected as the next president of English PEN, which will give him the opportunity to launch a campaign for the release of a fellow author, Anatoly Babakov, who is languishing in a Russian Gulag in Siberia. His crime: writing a book Uncle Joe, which gives an insight into what it was like to work for Josef Stalin. So determined is he to see Babakov released, Harry puts his own life in danger. Emma Clifton, now Chairman of Barrington Shipping, is having to face the repercussions of the IRA bombing her ship. Some board members feel she should resign while others, including Sebastian Clifton, newly elected to the board, are determined to see she remains as Chairman. Giles Barrington is now a Minister of the Crown, and looks set for high office, but a trip to East Germany does not end as a diplomatic success, and once again Giles' political career is thrown off balance by none other than Major Alex Fisher. Fisher decides to stand against Giles at the forthcoming general election. But this time who wins?
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print Fiction Archer Jeffrey CL 5 Available 33111007982149
Total holds: 0

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A New York Times Bestselling Author Harry Clifton visits his New York publisher and learns that he has been elected president of English PEN. Harry immediately launches a campaign for the release of fellow Author Anatoly Babakov, who's imprisoned in Siberia. Babakov's crime? Writing a book about what it was like to work for Stalin. Meanwhile Harry's wife Emma, chairman of Barrington Shipping, is facing the repercussions of an IRA bomb attack on the MV Buckingham's maiden voyage.

When Harry arrives in New York, his publisher Harold Guinzberg tells him he has been elected as the next president of English PEN, which will give him the opportunity to launch a campaign for the release of a fellow author, Anatoly Babakov, who is languishing in a Russian Gulag in Siberia. His crime: writing a book Uncle Joe, which gives an insight into what it was like to work for Josef Stalin. So determined is he to see Babakov released, Harry puts his own life in danger. Emma Clifton, now Chairman of Barrington Shipping, is having to face the repercussions of the IRA bombing her ship. Some board members feel she should resign while others, including Sebastian Clifton, newly elected to the board, are determined to see she remains as Chairman. Giles Barrington is now a Minister of the Crown, and looks set for high office, but a trip to East Germany does not end as a diplomatic success, and once again Giles' political career is thrown off balance by none other than Major Alex Fisher. Fisher decides to stand against Giles at the forthcoming general election. But this time who wins?

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