The Sins of the Father

JEFFREY ARCHER was educated at Oxford University. He served five years as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons and has served twenty-seven years as a Member of the House of Lords. Now published in 97 countries and more than 37 languages, all of his novels and short story collections—including Kane & Abel, Only Time Will Tell and This Was a Man—have been international bestsellers. Jeffrey is married with two sons and three grandchildren, and lives in London, Cambridge and Majorca.

Emilia Fox lends her voice to various BBC Radio productions as well as audiobooks by Agatha Christie, Chris Cleave, and Jeffrey Archer. Her narration of River Boy River Boy by Tim Bowler won an AudioFile Earphones Award. She also narrated the character, Lady Winters, in the Doctor Who Adventure Game, The Gunpowder Plot, and previously played Berenice in the Eighth Doctor audio drama Nevermore.

 She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Her film appearances include The Pianist, Blink, Ballet Shoes, and My Name is Sabina Speilrein. Her television roles Silent Witness, Merlin, David Copperfield, The Scarlet Pimpernel and Pride and Prejudice. On stage she has portrayed Isabel in Richard II and Virgilia in Coriolanus for the Almeida Theatre have garnered her acclaim. She lives in London.