by Jeffrey Archer
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International bestseller and master storyteller Jeffrey Archer is at the very top of his game in a story of fate and fortune, redemption and revenge.
If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson the day before, or the day after, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. But when the four prosecution witnesses are a barrister, a popular actor, an aristocrat, and the youngest partner in an established firm’s history, who is going to believe your side of the story?
Danny is sentenced to twenty-two years and sent to Belmarsh prison, the highest-security jail in the land, from where no inmate has ever escaped.
However, Spencer Craig, Lawrence Davenport, Gerald Payne, and Toby Mortimer all underestimate Danny’s determination to seek revenge, and Beth’s relentless quest to pursue justice, which ends up with all four fighting for their lives,
Thus begins Jeffrey Archer’s most powerful novel since Kane and Abel, with a cast of characters that will remain with you long after you’ve turned the last page.
And if that is not enough, prepare for an ending that will shock even the most ardent of Archer’s fans.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Another author maybe, 2008-11-09
Good story, but laborious to read! Perhaps typical of Brit style, but I found myself wanting to cut lines off of every page. If this could be edited down to its essentials I would enjoy the tale. Overwrought.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 A VERY SATISFYING READ, 2008-10-26
I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed every page of this one! Of course I have to admit to being one of those people who feel that the work of Alexandre Dumas in his Count of Monte Cristo is one of the fifty best novels in the English language. This book by author Jeffrey Archer is a wonderful update and take- off from that classic work by Dumas. This novel takes place primarily in England, although does move about a bit later in the book.
The plot line has been pretty well covered here by other reviews so I will not dwell on that at length. Suffice to say that we have a poor young man who is set up and framed by four quite wealthy and privileged young men for the crime of murder. Danny, our hero, is an uneducated mechanic who cannot read or write. He is brilliant though, and through a series of fortunate circumstances, ends up sharing a cell with two remarkable individuals who transform Danny's life. Again, the author is sticking to the Dumas work pretty closely.
This work is completely filled with twists and turns and just when you think you have if figured out, or that all is lost, the author neatly twirls events and you are off in another direction. The plot is rather complicated but is surprisingly easy to follow as are the well developed characters. This can be and should be classified as a thriller, but it is so much more than that. Archer's knowledge of the legal system and prison life allow the story to be told in a realistic fashion (yes, I admit that the author does stretch a few things here and there, but hey folks, this is a novel meant to entertain, not a T.V. documentary...yawn). This work also takes a close look at the English class system, at its worse and the play between the lower and upper classes of society, i.e. the have and have not's.
This is a rather large novel, which in a way is unfortunate, because if you are like me, once you finish the first page or two, you will be hooked and you are going to be there for awhile. Now I fully admit to loving to read a good revenge book and this is one of the best in that genre I have read in quite some time. No spoilers here, I hope, but I found this to be a very satisfying read!
Recommend this one highly. If you are into this type of novel, I cannot see how you will not like it.
Don Blankenship
The Ozarks
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Prisoner of birth, 2008-10-24
Archer speaks for himself.
He is one of the most interesting author.
Read all his books.
One is better then the next.
Hats off to Archer
Thanks
ann marie
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Fantastic audio book, 2008-09-26
I loved this one. Jeffrey Archer wrote a very compelling thriller, with interesting twists and turns. I found myself listening to it every where, not only in the car. The narrator, Roger Allam is excellent, he does a wonderful job of changing voices and accents so there was never any doubt in my mind which character was " speaking. I listen to many audio books and it is rare that one will keep me awake at night, usually if I listen at bedtime I fall asleep and have to rewind to the spot where I dropped off. Not with this book. I had very dark circles under my eyes for a couple of days with this one.
Any thing else I could say in review of this book would just be repetition of the positive comments by other reviewers, but I highly recommend this " read" . It is also a good idea to follow up this book by reading The Count of Monte Cristo.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent. The Jeffrey Archer we know is back, 2008-09-22
I started reading Jeffrey Archer's novels when I was in college. I loved them so much that I bought and read all his works at least twice over the next 10 years.
While some of his novels/ short stories may seem a bit of a stretch, I have always found his story telling to be very tight, with an elegant use of English and brilliant one-liners, full of suspense and at several times an edge of the seat turn of events when you cannot take your eyes of the book to even go for a drink of water. The character development was always so nicely done that I could see the story play in my mind as I read the novels.
Then after his prison term, came "Sons of Fortune" and I was not at all impressed with that book (the court drama in that is like a school kids effort compared to the one in "A Prisoner of Birth"). Post that came, "False Impression" and I was disappointed to say the least. These two books took away the complete character of Jeffrey Archers story telling. They read like a below average effort by someone using his name.
When "A Prisoner of Birth" was released, I was determined not to buy the hard bound book and waited for the paper back before I purchased and read it.
And I am delighted to say that the real Jeffrey Archer is back. And with a bang. This was nothing short of a brilliant novel with very neat story telling, brilliant characters and as always, edge of the seat drama and turn of events. Parts of prison escape might seem predictable, but were very well written. The trip made to a Swiss bank, anxiety of how the hero's return would be handled and how the illegality of the will was established are but a few of the brilliantly written parts. Ending, as always was very nice but left me wanting for more...
I absolutely loved this book and would recommend it whole heartedly. Now I wait for the next book from Jeffrey Archer and this time I will buy the hard bound, as soon as it is released.
Would I call it Archer's best? No. That would probably be between "Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less'', "Kane and Abel" and maybe some of his short stories. However, it would definitely rank among one of his best.
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