As the Crow Flies

Jeffrey Archer

ISBN 10: 0330418971 / ISBN 13: 9780330418973

Published by Pan Macmillan, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: As the Crow Flies
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330418971
• ISBN 13: 9780330418973
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1761907052.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 10255500
• Signed: 10/31/2025 10:37:32 AM
• Seller catalogs:
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  • 9780330418973
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Synopsis

If your dream is big enough, not even your enemies can stop you...Charlie Trumper's earliest memory is of hearing his grandfather's sales patter from behind his costermonger's barrow. When Grandpa Charlie dies, young Charlie wants nothing more than to follow in his footsteps - his burning ambition is to own a shop that will sell everything: 'The Biggest Barrow in the World'. Charlie's progress from the teeming streets of Whitechapel to the elegance of Chelsea Terrace is only a few miles as the crow flies. But in Jeffrey Archer's expert hands it becomes an epic journey through the triumphs and disasters of the century, as Charlie follows a thread of love, ambition and revenge to fulfil the dream his grandfather inspired.

Review

When Charlie Trumper inherits his grandfather's fruit and vegetable barrow, he inherits as well his enterprising spirit, which quickly lifts him out of poverty in London's East End. Success, however, does not come easily or quickly, particularly when World War I sends Charlie into combat and into an ongoing struggle with a vengeful enemy who will not rest until Charlie is destroyed. Charlie Trumper's epic journey carries him across three continents and through the triumphs and disasters of the twentieth century, all leading toward the fulfillment of his greatest dream.