Best Kept Secret

Name: Best Kept Secret
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by Jeffrey Archer Book 3 in the The Clifton Chronicles series.

First published 2013

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In 1945 the House of Lords must determine whether Giles Barrington or Harry Clifton is the lawful heir to the Barrington title and estate. The ruling reshapes both families as Britain enters the post-war period. Giles begins a parliamentary career, Harry establishes himself as a writer, and Emma continues searching for the child taken from her family, while the consequences of Hugo Barrington’s actions remain unresolved.

By 1957 attention turns to Harry and Emma’s son Sebastian, whose intelligence and impulsiveness draw him into an international art fraud. His connection with the wealthy and dangerous Martinez family exposes the younger generation to a form of criminal ambition different from the inherited conflicts of their parents. Politics, publishing and questions of legitimacy link Britain’s changing institutions to the private history of the Clifton and Barrington families.