A Prisoner Of Birth (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed., 1st impr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
A gripping courtroom drama and revenge thriller, A Prisoner of Birth chronicles the story of Danny Cartwright, a young working-class man wrongfully convicted of murder after a night out with his fiancée turns catastrophic. Jeffrey Archer constructs a masterful tale of injustice, class division, and calculated vengeance, drawing clear inspiration from Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo as Danny schemes to reclaim his stolen life from behind prison walls. The novel presents a cast of vividly drawn characters — from the corrupt upper-class conspirators who sealed Danny's fate to the unlikely allies he finds in prison — all rendered with Archer's signature propulsive pacing and sharp eye for social inequality. Suspenseful and morally charged, the narrative illustrates how the British class system can corrupt justice, while delivering the deeply satisfying arc of a man determined to outwit those who destroyed him. Archer's storytelling is at its most confident here, weaving legal intrigue, prison drama, and high-stakes deception into a page-turning saga of redemption.
Author: Jeffrey Archer
Format: Hardback
Published: 2008, Macmillan
Edition: 1st ed., 1st impr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
A gripping courtroom drama and revenge thriller, A Prisoner of Birth chronicles the story of Danny Cartwright, a young working-class man wrongfully convicted of murder after a night out with his fiancée turns catastrophic. Jeffrey Archer constructs a masterful tale of injustice, class division, and calculated vengeance, drawing clear inspiration from Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo as Danny schemes to reclaim his stolen life from behind prison walls. The novel presents a cast of vividly drawn characters — from the corrupt upper-class conspirators who sealed Danny's fate to the unlikely allies he finds in prison — all rendered with Archer's signature propulsive pacing and sharp eye for social inequality. Suspenseful and morally charged, the narrative illustrates how the British class system can corrupt justice, while delivering the deeply satisfying arc of a man determined to outwit those who destroyed him. Archer's storytelling is at its most confident here, weaving legal intrigue, prison drama, and high-stakes deception into a page-turning saga of redemption.