But when the four prosecution witnesses are a barrister, a popular actor, an aristocrat, and the youngest partner in an established firm's history, who is going to believe his side of the story?ĭanny is sentenced to twenty-two years and sent to Belmarsh prison, the highest-security jail in the land, from where no inmate has ever escaped. If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson the day before, or the day after, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend.

But which one will triumph? This suspenseful novel takes the listener through so many twists and turns that no one will guess the ending, even the most ardent of Archer's many, many fans.International bestseller and master storyteller Jeffrey Archer is at the very top of his game in this story of fate and fortune, redemption and revenge. Thus begins Jeffrey Archer's poignant novel of deception, hatred and vengeance, in which only one of them can finally triumph while the other will spend the rest of his days in jail. All the while Danny plans to escape and wreak his revenge. He crosses the path of Spencer Craig, a West End barrister posed to be the youngest Queen's Counsel of his generation.Ī few hours later Danny is arrested for murder and later is sentenced to twenty-two years in prison, thanks to irrefutable testimony from Spencer, the prosecution's main witness.ĭanny spends the next few years in a high-security prison while Spencer Craig's career as a lawyer goes straight up. One evening, Danny, an East End cockney who works as a garage mechanic, takes his fianceé up to the West End to celebrate their engagement. International bestseller and master storyteller Jeffrey Archer returns with a tale of fate and fortune, redemption and revenge with A Prisoner of Birth.ĭanny Cartwright and Spencer Craig never should have met. Microhistories - Get down in the weeds with these intriguing titles!.Legacy Washington Audio Collection - Listen NOW!.Modern Scholar Audiobooks - NO WAITING!.Escape into History: Historical fiction.SciFi Old & New, Contemporary & Classic.Books to Battle Quarantine Sleep Problems.Schomburg Center Black Liberation Reading List.Celebrate National Native American Heritage.Black Lives Matter - Books for Young People.

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