by Jeffrey Archer · Hodder & Stoughton Ltd · tapa dura · ISBN 9780340541593
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«As the Crow Flies» is the historical fiction novel by Jeffrey Archer, published by Hodder & Stoughton in hardcover (640 pages, in English).
Charlie Trumper, from London's East End, dreams of inheriting his grandfather's fruit and vegetable stall. With Becky Salmon he begins his rise as «The Honest Trader», but World War I pits him against an enemy whose grudge haunts his family for generations. The story spans three continents and over sixty years.
First UK edition, published on June 6, 1991. It was the second best-selling hardcover novel in the UK in 1991.
For readers of historical fiction and family sagas interested in plots of social ascent and revenge.
Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare is an English novelist and former politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth (Lincolnshire) from 1969 to 1974, but did not seek re-election after almost going bankrupt. Archer revived his fortunes as a novelist. His novel Kane and Abel (1979) remains one of the best-selling books in the world, with an estimated 34 million copies sold worldwide. Overall his books have sold more than 320 million copies worldwide.
