Be Careful What You Wish For

Be Careful What You Wish For is the fourth incredible book in the epic Clifton Chronicles series, from master storyteller Jeffrey Archer.

Be Careful What You Wish For, the fourth instalment in Jeffrey Archer's The Clifton Chronicles, opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been involved in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best friend Bruno? When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, the egregious Major Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the Barrington family firm just as the company plans to build its new luxury liner, the MV Buckingham. Back in London, Harry and Emma's adopted daughter wins a scholarship to the Slade Academy of Art where she falls in love with a fellow student, Clive Bingham, who asks her to marry him. Both families are delighted until Priscilla Bingham, Jessica's future mother-in-law, has a visit from an old friend, Lady Virginia Fenwick, who drops her particular brand of poison into the wedding chalice. Then, without warning, Cedric Hardcastle, a bluff Yorkshireman who no one has come across before, takes his place on the board of Barringtons. This causes an upheaval that none of them could have anticipated, and will change the lives of every member of the Clifton and Barrington families. Hardcastle's first decision is who to support to become the next chairman of the board: Emma Clifton or Major Alex Fisher? And with that decision, the story takes yet another twist that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

If there was a Nobel Prize for storytelling, Archer would win

Préface
Be Careful What You Wish For is the fourth incredible book in the epic Clifton Chronicles series, from master storyteller Jeffrey Archer.

Auteur

Jeffrey Archer, whose novels and short stories include the Clifton Chronicles, Kane and Abel and Cat O' Nine Tales, is one of the world's favourite storytellers and has topped the bestseller lists around the world in a career spanning four decades. His work has been sold in 97 countries and in more than 37 languages. He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction, short stories and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries).

Jeffrey is also an art collector and amateur auctioneer, and has raised more than £50m for different charities over the years. A member of the House of Lords for over a quarter of a century, the author is married to Dame Mary Archer, and they have two sons, two granddaughters and two grandsons.

Texte du rabat

Gripping and clever, Be Careful What you Wish For, the fourth novel in international bestseller Jeffrey Archer's acclaimed the Clifton Chronicles, follows the Cliftons and the Barringtons as they march into the 1960s in a tale of family ambition and betrayal.

Emma and her husband Harry Clifton suffer a harrowing trauma involving their son Sebastian, and in response Emma turns her attention to the business.

When the chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company resigns, Emma soon finds herself in competition with Major Alex Fisher, who is working from within to destroy the firm before it can build its new luxury liner, the MV Buckingham.

Encountering challenges at every turn, Emma and her adopted daughter Jessica face trouble from a new foe, Lady Virginia Fenwick, and then a surprise new member of the Barrington Board will take Emma's life in a direction she could never have anticipated . . .

With twists that will put you to the edge of your seat, the Clifton Chronicles showcases Archer's talents as never before and proves why he is a master storyteller who has captivated readers for over forty years.

Praise for Jeffrey Archer
'Archer is a master entertainer' Time
'Jeffrey Archer is, first and foremost, a storyteller' Erica Wagner, Literary Editor, The Times

Résumé

Be Careful What You Wish For, the fourth instalment in Jeffrey Archer's The Clifton Chronicles, opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been involved in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best friend Bruno?

When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, the egregious Major Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the Barrington family firm just as the company plans to build its new luxury liner, the MV Buckingham.

Back in London, Harry and Emma's adopted daughter wins a scholarship to the Slade Academy of Art where she falls in love with a fellow student who asks her to marry him. Both families are delighted until the future mother-in-law, has a visit from an old friend who drops her particular brand of poison into the wedding chalice.

Then, without warning, Cedric Hardcastle, a bluff Yorkshireman who no one has come across before, takes his place on the board of Barringtons. This causes an upheaval that none of them could have anticipated, and will change the lives of every member of the Clifton and Barrington families. Hardcastle's first decision is who to support to become the next chairman of the board, and with that decision, the story takes yet another twist that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Continue the bestselling series with Mightier than the Sword and Cometh the Hour.