Cometh the Hour: Book Six Of the Clifton Chronicles

Jeffrey Archer

Feb 2016 · The Clifton Chronicles Book 6 · Sold by St. Martin's Press

About this ebook

Cometh the Hour is the penultimate book in the Clifton Chronicles and, like the previous novels - all of which hit the New York Times bestseller list - showcases Jeffrey Archer's extraordinary storytelling with his trademark twists.

It opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia. Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But is Karin truly in love with him, or is she a spy?

Lady Virginia is facing bankruptcy, and can see no way out of her financial problems, until she is introduced to the hapless Cyrus T. Grant III from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who's in England to see his horse run at Royal Ascot.

Sebastian Clifton is now the Chief Executive of Farthings Bank and a workaholic, whose personal life is thrown into disarray when he falls for Priya, a beautiful Indian girl. But her parents have already chosen the man she is going to marry. Meanwhile, Sebastian's rivals Adrian Sloane and Desmond Mellor are still plotting to bring him and his chairman Hakim Bishara down, so they can take over Farthings.

Harry Clifton remains determined to get Anatoly Babakov released from a gulag in Siberia, following the international success of his acclaimed book, Uncle Joe. But then something unexpected happens that none of them could have anticipated.

Ratings and reviews

No one tells story like Jeffrey Archer. The best thing about Jeffrey Archer's storytelling is that no one can predict what will happen next. I will be very sad the day Mr. Archer will stop writing books. Can't wait for #7 of Clifton Chronicles!!

This series of books kept me up for hours reading, because it was so well written and interesting. I found it to be very much like the Downton Abbey saga. Each book in the series, was a real page turner; I just could not put it down. The characters are so colorful and vivid, and the plots were so carefully thought out, that I never had any trouble figuring out what was going on, or what character was speaking. I really loved this series, and plan to read all the rest of Mr. Archer's books. Jeffery Archer is truly a brilliant writer, and I highly recommend this series..

The tale spun from these slowly shrinking threads prove to be the sweetest and most satisfying yet...

About the author

JEFFREY ARCHER was educated at Oxford University. He has served five years in Britain's House of Commons and nineteen years in the House of Lords. All of his novels and short story collections-including Best Kept Secret, The Sins of the Father, Kane and Abel, and False Impression-have been international bestselling books. Archer is married with two sons and lives in London and Cambridge.