First Among Equals - by Jeffrey Archer (Paperback)

About the Book

One of today's bestselling novelists, Archer seamlessly intertwines love, ambition, and revenge in the story of one man's epic journey across three continents and through the triumphs and disasters of the 20th century.

Book Synopsis

Charles Seymour, second-born son, will never be the earl like

his father, but he did inherit his mother's strength-and the

will to realize his destiny. . . . Simon Kerslake's father sacrificed

everything to make sure his son's dreams come true. Now it is

Simon's chance to rise as high as those dreams allow. . . .

From the Back Cover

Four Men Driven By Power, Ambition, And Success...
Charles Seymour, second-born son, will never be the earl like his father, but he did inherit his mother's strength-and the will to realize his destiny...Simon Kerslake's father sacrificed everything to make sure his son's dreams come true. Now it is Simon's chance to rise as high as those dreams allow...Ray Gould was born to the back streets but raised with pride-a quality matched by a sharp intellect and the desire to attain the impossible...Andrew Fraser was raised by a soccer hero turned politician. Now it's his turn for heroics, whatever the cost.
...In A Battle For The Ultimate Prize
From strangers to rivals, four men embark on a journey for the highest stakes of all-the keys to No. 10 Downing Street. Unfolding over three decades, their honor will be tested, their loyalties betrayed, and their love of family and country challenged. But in a game where there is a first among equals, only one can triumph.
"One of the top ten storytellers in the world." -"Los Angeles Times"
"Not since Gore Vidal's "1876" has there been such a cliff-hanger aspect to an election and to the selection of a head of government...at the conclusion, Archer brings the reader to a moment of truth...a surprising finish." "-The San Diego Union"

Review Quotes

This engrossing, well-spun tale of ambition and will-to-power is a pick-hit in the summer sweepstakes. Archer received his usual high marks for readability and gives his novel a pleasing sense of substance. "Publishers Weekly"

All the elements that make for a great commercial fiction: ambition, lust, greed, duplicity...a whale of a tale. "Newsday"

Top-flight entertainment. "United Press International"

Archer invests his novels with drama, irony and suspense--"First Among Equals" is no exception...fascinating. "Boston Herald""

"This engrossing, well-spun tale of ambition and will-to-power is a pick-hit in the summer sweepstakes. Archer received his usual high marks for readability and gives his novel a pleasing sense of substance." --"Publishers Weekly"
"All the elements that make for a great commercial fiction: ambition, lust, greed, duplicity...a whale of a tale." --"Newsday"
"Top-flight entertainment." --United Press International
"Archer invests his novels with drama, irony and suspense--"First Among Equals" is no exception...fascinating." --"Boston Herald"

About the Author

Jeffrey Archer was educated at Oxford University. He has served five years in Britain's House of Commons and twenty-two years in the House of Lords. All of his novels and short story collections--including Best Kept Secret, The Sins of the Father, Only Time Will Tell, and Kane and Abel--have been international bestselling books. Archer is married with two sons and lives in London and Cambridge.