Name: Be Careful What You Wish for
Author: Jeffrey Archer
ISBN: 9781250034489

Título: Be Careful What You Wish for

Sinopse: From the #1 New York Times bestselling seriesBestselling author Jeffrey Archer's Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been involved in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best friend Bruno?When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, the egregious Major Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the Barrington family firm just as the company plans to build its new luxury liner, the MV Buckingham.Back in London, Harry and Emma's adopted daughter wins a scholarship to the Slade Academy of Art where she falls in love with a fellow student, Clive Bingham, who asks her to marry him. Both families are delighted until Priscilla Bingham, Jessica's future mother-in-law, has a visit from an old friend, Lady Virginia Fenwick, who drops her particular brand of poison into the wedding chalice.Then, without warning, Cedric Hardcastle, a bluff Yorkshireman who no one has come across before, takes his place on the board of Barringtons. This causes an upheaval that none of them could have anticipated, and will change the lives of every member of the Clifton and Barrington families. Hardcastle's first decision is who to support to become the next chairman of the board: Emma Clifton or Major Alex Fisher? And with that decision, the story takes yet another twist that will keep you on the edge of your seat.Be Careful What You Wish For showcases the master storyteller's talent as never before – when the Clifton and Barrington families march forward into the sixties, in this epic tale of love, revenge, ambition and betrayal.

Contexto da obra

Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Be Careful What You Wish for”, de Jeffrey Archer, publicado pela editora St. Martin's Press, em 2014 e com 387 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.

Editora: St. Martin's Press

Páginas: 387

Ano: 2014

Edição: Stated 1st Edition/us; First Printing

Linguagem: pt_BR

ISBN: 9781250034489

ISBN13: 9781250034489

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Sobre o autor

A leitura dos livros de Jeffrey Archer é marcada por narrativas que combinam ritmo ágil e tensão crescente, com personagens que enfrentam dilemas morais e situações extremas. A prosa é direta, com reviravoltas frequentes que mantêm o leitor em alerta, enquanto o foco oscila entre conflitos pessoais intensos e tramas amplas envolvendo ambição, justiça e vingança. A alternância entre histórias mais introspectivas e outras de ação acelerada cria um contraste dinâmico, onde o leitor é convidado a refletir sobre escolhas humanas diante de desafios inesperados. Em alguns momentos, o humor sutil emerge para aliviar a tensão, mas a sensação predominante é de urgência e envolvimento emocional. Essa experiência é uma constante nos livros de Jeffrey Archer, que exploram tanto o íntimo quanto o externo com equilíbrio.

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