01880cam a2200349 4500 1855624154 TxAuBib 20130131120000.0 111208s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011046558 9781250000972 hardcover $27.99 1250000971 hardcover $27.99 (OCoLC)759574624 DLC eng DLC YDXCP BTCTA PWmBRO-upg20120425-054 TxAuBib Archer, Jeffrey, 1940- The sins of the father / Jeffrey Archer. 1st U.S. ed. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012. 339 p. ; 25 cm. Clifton chronicles, The ; 2, 5 sins of the father, The ; 2 Originally published: Great Britain : Macmillan, 2012. Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of long-buried family secrets recently revealed, and forced to admit that his wish to marry Emma Barrington will never be fulfilled, has joined the Merchant Navy. But his ship is sunk in the Atlantic by a German U-boat, drowning almost the entire crew. An American cruise liner, the SS Kansas Star, rescues a handful of sailors, among them Harry and the third officer, an American named Tom Bradshaw. When Bradshaw dies in the night, Harry seizes on the chance to escape his tangled past and assumes his identity. 20130131. Families England History 20th century Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. British United States History 20th century Fiction. Historical fiction. The Clifton chronicles ; 2, 5. The sins of the father ; 2.