[Teaser Tuesdays] Sons of Fortune

on Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two "teaser" sentences from that page
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! You don't want to ruin the book for others!
* Share the title and author so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser for this week:

“It is often spur-of-the-moment decisions, sometimes made by others, that can change our whole lives.”

- page 12, Sons of Fortune by Jeffrey Archer

Comments

Darlyn said…

how do you like it thus far?this one is a gem. I love Jeffrey Archer!

January 12, 2011 at 1:09 AM

Playing Librarian said…

I love Jeffrey Archer too!! So far, I'm enjoying Sons of Fortune, though - to me - not as good as A Prisoner of Birth and Kane & Abel.

January 12, 2011 at 9:27 AM

Currently Reading

This is the third novel in Jeffrey Archer's compelling saga, the Clifton Chronicles.

1945. The vote in the House of Lords as to who should inherit the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor's deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington. Harry returns to America to promote his latest novel, while his beloved Emma goes in search of the little girl who was found abandoned in her father's office on the night he was killed. When the General Election is called, Giles Barrington has to defend his seat in the House of Commons and is horrified to discover who the Conservatives select to stand against him.

But it is Sebastian Clifton, Harry and Emma's son, who ultimately influences his uncle's fate. In 1957, Sebastian wins a scholarship to Cambridge, and a new generation of the Clifton family march onto the page. After Sebastian is expelled from school, he unwittingly becomes caught up in an international art fraud involving a Rodin statue that is worth far more than the sum it raises at auction.

Does he become a millionaire? Does he go to Cambridge? Is his life in danger? Best Kept Secret will answer all these questions, but once again, pose so many more.