jeffrey archer only time will tell review

Maisie knows the truth about Harry’s parentage, and a few people know the truth about Arthur Clifton’s death, but no one tells Harry anything. Harry has grown up thinking Arthur Clifton is his father and that he died in the war, but he begins to doubt that story when he does the math and realizes Arthur couldn’t possibly be his father if he died during the war. Maisie’s sacrifices and the secret of Harry’s parentage are the main focus of Only Time Will Tell. Harry’s mother, Maisie, works as a waitress and scrimps and saves to send her son to school and give him a better life. Holcombe, his elementary school teacher, and Old Jack Tar, a WWI hero and loner, join forces to get him accepted into a prestigious boarding school, his life is changed forever. Harry has the gift of song, and when Miss Monday, the choir mistress, Mr.

The novel is set in Bristol, England, from 1919 to 1940 and centers on Harry Clifton, a young boy destined to follow in the footsteps of his father and uncle and work on the docks until a new world is opened up to him. Only Time Will Tell is the first installment in Jeffrey Archer’s multigenerational saga, The Clifton Chronicles. (from Only Time Will Tell, page 47 in the ARC finished version may be different) “No, Harry, the problem is that Fisher already realize he’s not in your class, and never will be.” “Just that nothing will please Fisher more than to be able to tell his friends that the street urchin had no guts, but then, what do you expect from the son of a docker whose mother is a waitress?” “Why not play straight into Fisher’s hands?” I’ll take any boat that will have me,” said Harry, trying to sound enthusiastic.

“So what are you going to do next, my boy?”

Jeffrey archer only time will tell review