A Quiver Full of Arrows: Stories

by Jeffrey Archer

Overview

The bestselling author of Kane&Abel, The Prodigal Daughter and Honor Among Thieves once again astonishes, delights, and electrifies his legions of fans.

Ordinary heroes, extraordinary deeds

From London to China, and New York to Nigeria, Jeffrey Archer takes the reader on a tour of ancient heirlooms and modern romance, of cutthroat business and kindly strangers, of lives lived in the realms of power and lives freed from the gloom of oppression. Fortunes are made and squandered, honor betrayed and redeemed, and love lost and rediscovered.

Embracing the passions that drive men and women to love and to hate, the short stories in A Quiver Full of Arrows will captivate the hearts and souls of readers of everywhere.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781429954150
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/07/2006
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	393 KB

About the Author

Jeffrey Archer was educated at Oxford University. He has served five years in Britain's House of Commons and fourteen years in the House of Lords. All of his novels and short story collections--including And Thereby Hangs a Tale, Kane and Abel, Paths of Glory and False Impression--have been international bestselling books. Archer is married with two sons and lives in London and Cambridge.

Jeffrey Archer is Britain's top-selling storyteller. He is a former Member of the Parliament and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. He was created a Life Peer in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1992. He has written ten novels, several of which have been serialised for television and radio, four sets of short stories, and three plays. His first - Beyond Reasonable Doubt - starring Frank Finlay and Wendy Craig, ran at the Queen's Theatre, in London's West End, for over 600 performances. His second play, Exclusive, which ran at the Strand Theatre, starred Paul Scofield, Eileen Atkins and Alec McCowen.

Hometown:

London and the Old Vicarage, Grantchester

Date of Birth:

April 15, 1940

Education:

Attended Brasenose College, Oxford, 1963-66. Received a diploma in sports education from Oxford Institute

Editorial Reviews

It is difficult to comprehend what conceivable enjoyment readers will derive from the sophomoric fictions in ''A Quiver Full of Arrows,'' which suggest the author is unaware that the genre has made strides since the days of O. Henry....They all display the same slack language and slick, manipulative style....Although the settings range from New York to Nigeria and from London to Mexico, Mr. Archer makes no effort to distinguish one place from another. Similarly, he shows little interest in giving his characters distinctive qualities. Instead he recycles the same tired material....This collection collapses as Jeffrey Archer tries to wrestle each story toward a trick ending or punch line. -- New York Times

Michael Mewshaw

A master at mixing power, politics, and profit into fiction.” —Entertainment Weekly

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