Title | : | And Thereby Hangs a Tale |
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Author | : | Jeffrey Archer |
Release | : | 2010-09-14 |
Kind | : | ebook |
Genre | : | Mysteries & Thrillers, Books, Fiction & Literature, Short Stories |
Size | : | 616958 |
Tragic, comic, outrageous—these fifteen stories in And Thereby Hangs a Tale 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... |