Only Time Will Tell (The Clifton Chronicles) (The Clifton Chronicles, 1)

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From page one I was completely caught up in this story, following an incredible cast of characters for just over 20 years in this first volume. Percy was as desperate to be offered a place at Eton as I was to be rejected, so I saw this as no more than an opportunity for both of us to achieve our purpose. Set in London in 1988 as Royal fever sweeps the nation, New Scotland Yard are on high alert to protect the most famous family on earth. I didn’t enjoy the journey back to Bristol, and felt even worse when I got home and my mother asked me the same question. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Only Time Will Tell covers the years from 1920 to 1940, and includes a cast of memorable characters that The Times has compared to The Forsyte Saga.The writing flowed eloquently, and at times, maybe a little too much, but this was saved by the masterful storytelling. It's worth mentioning that if you have read As The Crow Flies, you have come close to the main plot elements of this series.

It just didn't impress me enough, even though I will say that this first book was definitely an entertaining read. The central character is Harry Clifton, hence the title and not to be confused with the district in Bristol of the same name. Once Mum had dropped me off each morning, I would hang around in the yard until she was out of sight, then slope off to the docks.Arthur dies and Maisie raises her only child by herself and wishes to provide him with the best education. Sometimes you read a book everyone else seems to loveLoveLOVE and then wonder if you bought the same book everyone else did because as far as you're concerned, it stank. Relatively plotless, the story was however so engaging it was difficult to put down, with the interesting technique of revealing the tale little by little from different character's points of view. Harry Clifton is wonderful, and is more or less the main character, but they were all fascinating, even Hugo Barrington, who may be one of the most horrible yet believable villains I've ever come across.

He later finishes school and has to choose between Oxford or joining the military as Britain is entering WW2.I haven't come across that sort of blatant ass-kissing of a fictional character since I read Stephanie Meyer's homage to the Supreme Glorious Awesome Majestic Sparkleness that is His Magnificence, Edward Cullen. They are all so vividly developed, and I found I could empathise and even relate to some of them quite easily. But after he is expelled he gets caught up in an international incident that could put his life in jeopardy . The reader also learns of Clifton's mother, Maisie, who seeks to put a troubled past out of her mind and make a name for herself, all while concerned that Harry might discover the truth about his father.