02758cam a2200337 i 4500 605882133 TxAuBib 20220101120000.0 150108s2015||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2015000503 9781410475091 1410475093 DLC eng rda DLC SKYRV TxAuBib rda Archer, Jeffrey, 1940- Mightier than the sword [text (large print)] / a novel by Jeffrey Archer. Large print ed. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2015. 677 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Clifton Chronicles ; 5 "A bomb goes off, but how many passengers on the MV Buckingham have lost their lives? 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"-- Provided by publisher. 20220101. Families England History 20th century Fiction. Social classes England Fiction. Political prisoners Fiction. Large type books. Historical fiction. Clifton Chronicles ; 5.