Cometh the Hour: A Novel (50 page)
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Authors: Jeffrey Archer
Tags: #Literature & Fiction, #Genre Fiction, #Family Saga, #Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, #Thrillers & Suspense, #Suspense, #Sagas
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CONTENTS
Harry and Emma Clifton: 1970–1971
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
COMETH THE HOUR.
Copyright © 2016 by Jeffrey Archer. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Cover design by Michael Storrings
Cover photographs: Big Ben clock tower © PacosRulz/Getty Images; bridge © Gillian McBain/EyeEm/Getty Images; silhouttes © Macie J. Noskowski/Getty Images; Taj Mahal © Holger Mette/Getty Images; Empire State Building © Gert-Jan Mes/Getty Images; woman © Pandorabox/Shutterstock; man © freya-photographer/Shutterstock
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Archer, Jeffrey, 1940– author.
Title: Cometh the hour / Jeffrey Archer.
Description: First Edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2016. | Series: Clifton Chronicles; 6
Identifiers: LCCN 2015040993 | ISBN 9781250061621 (hardback) | ISBN 9781466867505 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Families—England—History—20th century—Fiction. | Social classes—England—Fiction. | Domestic fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Suspense. | FICTION / Sagas. | GSAFD: Historical fiction.
Classification: LCC PR6051.R285 C66 2016 | DDC 823/.914—dc23
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Originally published in Great Britain by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
First Edition: February 2016