This Was a Man (Jeffrey Archer)

This Was a Man is the seventh and final novel in Jeffrey Archer's Clifton Chronicles. This series follows the events of the fictitious Clifton and Barrington families, starting in the 1920s and ending in 1992.

This Was a Man
First edition (UK)
AuthorJeffrey Archer
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesClifton Chronicles (Book 7)
Published8 November 2016
PublisherMacmillan (UK)
St. Martin's Press (US)
Media typePrint (hardcover, paperback), audio, eBook
Pages416
ISBN978-1447252245
Preceded byCometh the Hour (2016) 

Plot

This Was a Man continues the story of the Clifton family. It starts with the readers to believe Karin has been executed by her Russian handler after being found out as a double agent. Harry sets out to write his literary masterpiece. The Barrington shipping empire is sold and Emma ends up helping the government of Margaret Thatcher and joins Giles in the House of Lords. Sebastian gets promoted to run the banking business in which he has worked for years. His daughter Jessica does well as an art student, but nearly loses all in a disastrous change of course. Giles has a very successful career in the Lords, only to see his future dashed. And Lady Virginia still gets into and out of one mess after another through her schemes.

As with the other books in this series this book contains many unexpected turns. The most unexpected turn is how this book concludes.

Critical reception

The book was number five on The New York Times Bestseller List in late 2016.[1]

The Real Book Spy website really liked this book, saying, "There isn’t a better storyteller alive than Mr. Archer, and This Was A Man is his finest work to date."[2]

A book review by Stephanie Jones in The Coast website said "while Archer aficionados are likely to be sated, readers seeking a more engrossing and rewarding multipart epic might turn to" a couple of series of other contemporary authors.[3]

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References
  1. "Books". Retrieved 28 January 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
  2. "A Book Spy Review: 'This Was A Man' By Jeffrey Archer". The Real Book Spy. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. "Stephanie Jones: Book Review - This Was A Man by Jeffrey Archer," in The Coast online, 11 November 2016
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