And Thereby Hangs a Tale

Jeffrey Archer

ISBN 10: 0330520601 / ISBN 13: 9780330520607

Published by Pan Books, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: And Thereby Hangs a Tale
• Publisher: Pan Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330520601
• ISBN 13: 9780330520607
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Good

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Synopsis

Millions of readers around the world have relished Jeffrey Archer's short stories. Taking inspiration from his favorite short story writers - F. Scott Fitzgerald, Maupassant, H. H. Munro, W. Somerset Maugham and O. Henry - Jeffrey Archer has written five bestselling collections over the years and Macmillan are proud to anno

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Tragic, comic, outrageous―these fifteen tales from international bestselling author Jeffrey Archer showcase his remarkable talent for capturing an unforgettable moment in time...

In India, in "Caste-Off," a man and woman fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green on the streets of Delhi...

From Germany comes "A Good Eye," about a priceless oil painting that has remained in the same family for over two hundred years, until...

To the Channel Islands and "Members Only," where a golf ball falls out of a Christmas cracker, and a young man's life will never be the same...

To Italy and "No Room at the Inn," where a young man who is trying to book a hotel room ends up in bed with the receptionist, unaware that she...

To England, where, in "High Heels," a woman has to explain to her husband why a pair of designer shoes couldn't have gone up in flames...

"There isn't a better storyteller alive."

―Larry King

"A storyteller in the class of Alexandre Dumas."

―Washington Post

"Archer is a master entertainer."

―Time