{"product_id":"only-time-will-tell-9781250039026","title":"Only Time Will Tell","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eKane and Abel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Prisoner of Birth\u003c\/i\u003e comes \u003ci\u003eOnly Time Will Tell\u003c\/i\u003e, the first in an ambitious new series that tells the story of one family across generations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe epic tale of Harry Clifton's life begins in 1920, with the words \"I was told that my father was killed in the war.\" A dock worker in Bristol, Harry never knew his father, but he learns about life on the docks from his uncle, who expects Harry to join him at the shipyard once he's left school. But then an unexpected gift wins him a scholarship to an exclusive boys' school, and his life will never be the same again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he enters into adulthood, Harry finally learns how his father really died, but the awful truth only leads him to question, was he even his father? Is he the son of Arthur Clifton, a stevedore who spent his whole life on the docks, or the firstborn son of a scion of West Country society, whose family owns a shipping line?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis introductory novel in Archer's ambitious series The Clifton Chronicles includes a cast of colorful characters and takes us from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take up a place at Oxford or join the navy and go to war with Hitler's Germany. From the docks of working-class England to the bustling streets of 1940 New York City, \u003ci\u003eOnly Time Will Tell\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a journey through to future volumes, which will bring to life one hundred years of recent history to reveal a family story that neither the reader nor Harry Clifton himself could ever have imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250039026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.49w x 1.09d","brand":"Jeffrey Archer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648516419740,"sku":"9781250039026","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e6b2cca4-b7f4-478f-a8ef-b4dbf288a342.jpg?v=1603870258","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/only-time-will-tell-9781250039026","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}