Mightier Than The Sword

Mightier Than the Sword by Jeffrey Archer A bomb goes off
but how many passengers on the MV Buckingham have lost
their lives? You will find out only if you read the
opening chapter of Mightier than the Sword. When Harry
arrives in New York his publisher Harold Guinzberg tells
him he has been elected as the next president of English
PEN which will give him the opportunity to launch a
campaign for the release of a fellow author Anatoly
Babakov who is languishing in a Russian Gulag in Siberia.
His crime writing a book Uncle Joe which gives an insight
into what it was like to work for Josef Stalin. So
determined is he to see Babakov released Harry puts his
own life in danger. Emma Clifton now Chairman of
Barrington Shipping is having to face the repercussions of
the IRA bombing her ship. Some board members feel she
should resign while others including Sebastian Clifton
newly elected to the board are determined to see she
remains as Chairman. Giles Barrington is now a Minister of
the Crown and looks set for high office but a trip to East
Germany does not end as a diplomatic success and once
again Giles political career is thrown off balance by none
other than Major Alex Fisher. Fisher decides to stand
against Giles at the forthcoming general election. But
this time who wins? Sebastian Clifton asks his girlfriend
Samantha to marry him. She happily accepts but then later
changes her mind after she discovers what Seb has been up
to behind her back. The book ends with two court trials:
one at the high court in London a libel case pitting Emma
Clifton against Lady Virginia Fenwick; while another a
show trial takes place in Russia after Harry has been
arrested as a spy. Thus continues book five of the Clifton
Chronicles Jeffrey Archers most accomplished work to date
with all the trademark twists and turns that have made him
one of the most successful authors in the world.