Best Kept Secret-------pan macmillan
The third novel in Jeffrey Archer's compelling saga, the Clifton Chronicles
1945.
The vote in the House of Lords as to who should inherit the Barrington
family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor’s deciding vote
will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles
Barrington.
Harry returns to America to promote his latest novel,
while his beloved Emma goes in search of the little girl who was found
abandoned in her father’s office on the night he was killed.
When
the General Election is called, Giles Barrington has to defend his seat
in the House of Commons and is horrified to discover who the
Conservatives select to stand against him. But it is Sebastian Clifton,
Harry and Emma’s son, who ultimately influences his uncle’s fate.
In
1957, Sebastian wins a scholarship to Cambridge, and a new generation
of the Clifton family march onto the page. After Sebastian is expelled
from school, he unwittingly becomes caught up in an international art
fraud involving a Rodin statue that is worth far more than the sum it
raises at auction. Does he become a millionaire? Does he go to
Cambridge? Is his life in danger?