The Collected Short Stories Jeffrey Archer

Résumé :

The thirty-six stories, drawn from the three volumes : A Quiver Full of Arrows , A Twist in the Tale and Twelve Red Herrings - show Jeffrey Archer at the Peak of his form. His mastery of characterisation and suspense, combined with his great gift for the unexpected plot twist, provides a feast of entertainment for readers old and new. There is no arguing with Archers, inventiveness, his drive and his easy, effervescent style , Sunday Telegraph. Stylish, witty and constantly entertaining. Jeffrey Archer has a natural aptitude for short stories , The Times.

A propos de l'auteur :

Jeffrey Archer is a master storyteller, the author of ten novels which have all been world-wide best-sellers. Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less was his first book, and it achieved instant success. Next came the tense and terrifying thriller Shall We Tell the President ?, followed by his triumphant best-seller Kane and Abel . His first collection of short stories, A Quiver Full of Arrows , came next, and then The Prodigal Daughter , the superb sequel to Kane and Abel . This was followed by First Among Equals , considered by the Scotsman to be the finest novel about Parliament since Trollope , the thrilling chase story A Matter of Honour , his second collection of stories, A Twist in the Tale , and the novels As the Crow Ries and Honour Among Thieves . Twelve Red Herrings , his third collection of stories, was followed by the novels The Fourth Estate and The Eleventh Commandment . Jeffrey Archer was born in 1940 and educated at Wellington School, Somerset and Brasenose College, Oxford. He represented Great Britain in the 100 metres in the early sixties, and entered the House of Commons when he won the by-election at Louth in 1969. He wrote his first novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less , in 1974. From September 1985 to October 1986 he was Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, and he was created a Life Peer in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1992. He lives in London and Cambridge with his wife and two sons.

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