A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer

A Prisoner of Birth

A Novel

Jeffrey Archer

St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · December 2, 2008

International bestseller and master storyteller Jeffrey Archer returns with a tale of fate and fortune, redemption and revenge with A Prisoner of Birth.

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Who it’s for
A conviction and a rising barrister’s career set up a tense contest of fate and revenge.
Themes
Deception and vengeance, Fate and redemption
Pacing
Fast

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International bestseller and master storyteller Jeffrey Archer returns with a tale of fate and fortune, redemption and revenge with A Prisoner of Birth. Danny Cartwright and Spencer Craig never should have met. One evening, Danny, an East End cockney who works as a garage mechanic, takes his fianceé up to the West End to celebrate their engagement. He crosses the path of Spencer Craig, a West End barrister posed to be the youngest Queen's Counsel of his generation.

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A few hours later Danny is arrested for murder and later is sentenced to twenty-two years in prison, thanks to irrefutable testimony from Spencer, the prosecution's main witness. Danny spends the next few years in a high-security prison while Spencer Craig's career as a lawyer goes straight up. All the while Danny plans to escape and wreak his revenge. Thus begins Jeffrey Archer's poignant novel of deception, hatred and vengeance, in which only one of them can finally triumph while the other will spend the rest of his days in jail. But which one will triumph? This suspenseful novel takes the listener through so many twists and turns that no one will guess the ending, even the most ardent of Archer's many, many fans.

Justice and Revenge

A conviction and a rising barrister’s career set up a tense contest of fate and revenge.

Come here for

  • Legal stakes tangled with deception, vengeance, and a career on the rise
  • A sustained suspense story built around prison, escape plans, and competing fortunes

Expect

  • A sequence of turns that keeps the question of who triumphs alive

Where it sits

Legal Thrillers55%
Suspense44%
Crime Fiction36%

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Publisher categories

  • Legal Thrillers
  • 21st-Century English Fiction
Authors
Jeffrey Archer
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Published
December 2, 2008
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Deception and vengeance · Fate and redemption
Reading lane
Legal Thrillers