Books with title Only Time Will Tell

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.

The "Clifton Chronicles" is Jeffrey Archer's most ambitious work in four decades as an international bestselling author. The epic tale of Harry Clifton's life begins in 1920, with the chilling words, 'I was told that my father was killed in the war'. But it will be another twenty years before Harry discovers how his father really died, which will only lead him to question: who was his father? Is he the son of Arthur Clifton, a stevedore who worked in Bristol docks, or the first born son of a scion of West Country society, whose family owns a shipping line? "Only Time Will Tell" covers the years from 1920 to 1940, and includes a cast of memorable characters that "The Times" has compared to "The Forsyte Saga". Volume one 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. In Jeffrey Archer's masterful hands, the reader is taken on a journey that they won't want to end, and when you turn the last page of this unforgettable yarn, you will be faced with a dilemma that neither you, nor Harry Clifton could have anticipated.

Seventeen year old Zach Whitford, a veteran of the foster care system, has an angry confrontation with his foster brother and leaves their Brooklyn home, to apply for a summer job in Manhattan. Focused on his destination, he bumps into a man, causing him to drop a package which spills a ruby heart necklace onto the sidewalk. Zach picks it up, and when the sun’s rays bounce from the heart into his eyes, the world as he knows it swirls away transporting him two hundred years into the past.He lands in 1817 London, still holding the necklace, and is promptly accused of thievery. In the confusion, he drops the necklace and runs. When he stops to catch his breath in a deserted alley, he is surprised by the appearance of a young cockney-speaking boy, who has followed him believing him to be a thief.The boy takes him to his home in the slums of the St. Giles Rookery where Zach meets his two mates and is given refuge. To have any hope of returning to his own time, Zach must find the ruby heart necklace. But first he must deal with a villain who is kidnapping kids off the streets, and find a way to secure the futures of the three young people who took him into their home and family.

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.

Overcoming incredible challenges to become the first female servant to a Master E’rudite was not enough. Tilli had aspirations to become the first of her kind to actually become an E’rudite. For years, everything she did was to achieve this personal quest to succeed where none of her kind had ever reached before. All she needed to do was complete one final task for her master before he would begin training her. It was a modest task. She simply had to deliver Runestones to a secluded location and then return without anyone else knowing the exact placement. However, she finds the completion of the mission makes her face her worst fears that place her friends lives at risk. Can she save her friends without losing the opportunity to reach her own dreams?

The Clifton Chronicles: This epic tale of Harry Clifton's life begins in 1919, in the backstreets of Bristol. Harry had been told that his father was killed in the war, but it will be twenty-one tumultuous years before he discovers the truth about how his father really died - and that will lead him to want answers to questions: who was his father? Was he Arthur Clifton, a stevedore who worked in Bristol docks? Was he, in fact, even his father?

Seventeen year old Zach Whitford, a veteran of the foster care system, has an angry confrontation with his foster brother and leaves their Brooklyn home, to apply for a summer job in Manhattan. Focused on his destination, he bumps into a man, causing him to drop a package which spills a ruby heart necklace onto the sidewalk. Zach picks it up, and when the sun’s rays bounce from the heart into his eyes, the world as he knows it swirls away transporting him two hundred years into the past.He lands in 1817 London, still holding the necklace, and is promptly accused of thievery. In the confusion, he drops the necklace and runs. When he stops to catch his breath in a deserted alley, he is surprised by the appearance of a young cockney-speaking boy, who has followed him believing him to be a thief.The boy takes him to his home in the slums of the St. Giles Rookery where Zach meets his two mates and is given refuge. To have any hope of returning to his own time, Zach must find the ruby heart necklace. But first he must deal with a villain who is kidnapping kids off the streets, and find a way to secure the futures of the three young people who took him into their home and family.