Jeffrey Archer's The Clifton Chronicles audiobooks

Discover Jeffrey Archer's bestselling The Clifton Chronicles series in audiobook.

Jeffrey Archer's The Clifton Chronicles series charts the fates of the Clifton family across seven thrilling novels. Taking the reader from the back streets of Bristol in 1919 and the skyscraper-lined sidewalks of New York City during the Second World War, to the freezing gulags of Stalinist Russia, and covering the key political and historical events of the twentieth century through the family's story, this number one bestselling series is not to be missed.

All seven books in The Clifton Chronicles series are available to listen to in unabridged audiobook editions, narrated by an all-star cast of Alex Jennings, Emilia Fox and Roger Allam.

Read on for a list of The Clifton Chronicles audiobooks in order, plus extracts of each edition to listen to before you download them.

Only Time Will Tell

by Jeffrey Archer

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In the first novel in The Clifton Chronicles series, the epic tale of Harry Clifton’s life begins in 1919, in the backstreets of Bristol. His father was a war hero, but it will be twenty-one tumultuous years before Harry discovers the truth about how his father really died and if, in fact, he even was his father.

The Sins of the Father

by Jeffrey Archer

Book cover for The Sins of the Father

The Clifton Chronicles series continues with this epic second novel, The Sins of the Father. Loyalties are stretched to their limits as family secrets unravel, and the tale of the Cliftons moves from the streets of Bristol to the boardrooms of Manhattan.

Best Kept Secret

by Jeffrey Archer

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In the third novel in The Clifton Chronicles series, Jeffrey Archer introduces a new generation of the Clifton family to the page. 

Be Careful What You Wish For

by Jeffrey Archer

Book cover for Be Careful What You Wish For

The fates of the Clifton family continue to twist and turn in the fourth novel in the series. With love, loss and conflict affecting the lives of the family members, you'll be compelled to find out what happens to them next . . . 

Mightier than the Sword

by Jeffrey Archer

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The fifth volume in Jeffrey Archer's The Clifton Chronicles series continues with all the trademark twists and turns that have made him one of the world's most popular authors. 

Cometh the Hour

by Jeffrey Archer

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The sixth, and penultimate, book in the series follows the Clifton and Barrington families from London to the Gulags of Stalinist Russia, taking the reader on a journey that they won't want to end. 

This Was a Man

by Jeffrey Archer

Book cover for This Was a Man

The final novel in the series brings the multi-generational saga of the Clifton and Barrington families to a close, but not without the twists and turns that have made Jeffrey Archer's bestselling series so unmissable. 

Listen to extract of each of the audiobooks in Jeffrey Archer's epic The Clifton Chronicles series here. Find out more about the series and see The Clifton Chronicles books in order here.