#The sins of the father series#

You're fortunate the wound isn't too deep. Do I have your word that you will accept, no matter what? Make me a promise and I will spare your life.Д¬ome to me three days hence and accept the challenge I set to you. I'm offering you a final chance to withdraw. Who's to say Arthur's life won't rest in my hands? Why would you challenge him?Дon't put Arthur in a position where he's forced to kill you. It won't matter that you're a woman.ДЄrthur has no quarrel with you. If you fight him, he will have to treat you as he does any other opponent. If Arthur has no desire to fight me, perhaps he should withdraw. Now, if you withdraw, he will grant you safe passage through the kingdom. You must persuade her to withdraw her challenge. If I'm seen to do it, it could be viewed as cowardice. Since when do you know anything about combat? I need you to take a message to Morgause for me. You need to be cautious, because it sounds like she's pretty handy with a sword. What if you hesitate? She could use that to her advantage. If I kill her, what am I then? What is it? Yeah, but you don't want to fight her, do you? Perhaps she believed she will prove herself. I feel as if I've met her somewhere before. Who is she? Why would she challenge Arthur? It seems no one's ever heard of her. You should not underestimate her.ДЄRTHUR I cannot demand that my knights uphold the code, then be seen to break it myself. If I refuse to fight, it'll be seen as an act of cowardice.

We don't know anything about this woman! I will not let you face her in combat! There must be some way to put a stop to this.ДЄccording to the Knight's Rules, it appears her challenge is perfectly valid. I could find nothing to say a woman cannot issue a challenge. I've searched the records going back more than 300 years.

If I'm to face you in combat, do me the courtesy of revealing your identity. Follow his example, and you will prove yourselves worthy of your title. You will find no one who better embodies these values than my son, Arthur. You have pledged to conduct yourselves with nobility, honour, and respect. From this day forth, you are sworn to live by the knights' code. But with that honour comes great responsibility. The battle for your soul is about to begin.ДЄrise Sir Vidor, Knight of Camelot. Arthur Pendragon, a great destiny awaits you. Martin's hardcover.In a land of myth and a time of magic, the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young boy. Fox skillfully brings this plucky, never say die character to life in this fast, entertaining summer listen, perfect for long drives or relaxing days in the sun. Fox particularly shines in chapters recounting the adventures of the stalwart Emma, who sets out on a mission to learn the fate of her lover that takes her from the comfort of her English homeland to the wilds of New York City. The tale is told from the point of view of several characters, and Alex Jennings and Emilia Fox provide narration that ably captures those characters, and render myriad voices and international accents-everything from from New York City cabbies to German officers and the stiff-upper-lipped British aristocrats.

#The sins of the father series#

This latest installment in Archer's Clifton Chronicles series follows the multiple trials, tribulations, and sometime triumphs of working class Englishman Harry Clifton, his lady love Emma Barrington, and their numerous respective family members as they struggle, fight, and love their way across three continents during World War II. Without any way of proving his true identity, Harry Clifton is now chained to a past that could be far worse than the one he had hoped to escape. When Bradshaw dies in the night, Harry seizes on the chance to escape his tangled past and assumes his identity.Д«ut on landing in America, he quickly learns the mistake he has made, when he discovers what is awaiting Bradshaw in New York. 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. But his ship is sunk in the Atlantic by a German U-boat, drowning almost the entire crew. Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of long-buried family secrets, and forced to accept that his desire to marry Emma Barrington will never be fulfilled, has joined the Merchant Navy. From the author of the international bestseller Only Time Will Tell, Jeffrey Archer picks up the sweeping story of the Clifton Chronicles with The Sins of the Father.