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Original Title:	As The Crow Flies
ISBN:	0312997116 (ISBN13: 9780312997113)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	London, England(United Kingdom)

As the Crow Flies Paperback | Pages: 800 pages

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Title	:	As the Crow Flies
Author	:	Jeffrey Archer
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 800 pages
Published	:	May 16th 2004 by St. Martin's Paperbacks (first published May 1st 1990)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Thriller. Mystery. Drama. Novels

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Growing up in the slums of East End London, Charlie Trumper dreams of someday running his grandfather's fruit and vegetable barrow. That day comes suddenly when his grandfather dies leaving him the floundering business. With the help of Becky Salmon, an enterprising young woman, Charlie sets out to make a name for himself as "The Honest Trader". But the brutal onset of World War I takes Charlie far from home and into the path of a dangerous enemy whose legacy of evil follows Charlie and his family for generations.

Encompassing three continents and spanning over sixty years, As the Crow Flies brings to life a magnificent tale of one man's rise from rags to riches set against the backdrop of a changing century.

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I really enjoyed this story! Charlie Trumper starts as a seller of vegetables and fruits on the streets of London. How he gets from there to WW 1 to working for Winston Churchill during WW 2 to running a multi million dollar store is all fascinating and entertaining. He has evil to overcome and he manages well. If you enjoyed The Clifton Chronicles, then I would highly recommend this book.

It's funny how our tastes change, I think that many years ago I would have loved this book, but now I have to admit that halfway through I found myself skimming sections of it....something I very, very rarely do.It was a good story, that of a poor east end London boy, instilled with an excellent work ethic by his Grandfather, and blessed with brains and ingenuity, who makes good despite bereavement, war, and many other trials and tribulations, including making an enemy determined to undermine

Carole Anne wrote: "What a very enjoyable & original review! I loved your, He made me care! Line. Thats something I wish Id been able to express.

هو الراجل ده إزاي كده "Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it."~ Markus Zusak.

I picked up this book expecting to get a flavor of first and second world war history amidst some Archerian fiction (somewhat similar to the Ken Follet century trilogy); however I wasn't much impressed with the history aspect of this book as much as it still kept me engrossed in the fiction. That being said I would consider this book to be a soap opera entertainer of fiction; I wouldn't consider it to be the best in terms of historical fiction; I would still consider it to be an entertaining

OH my what do I say. This book was published some 20 years ago but truly it is timeless. The joy in this novel is in the story telling -- all 600 pages of it devoted to draw you into the richness of the characters as they are woven into this saga spanning decades. Many authors have made their books long-- but end up just filling the pages with fluff....not so for archer--I relished each page and was sort of disappointed when I reached the end.The character's individual parts are stories within

Such an overly long, convoluted story with a tiny payoff. There were no characters that held my interest. Everything was plot-driven. I like novels with a rich background so that you can lose yourself in the time and place. This fat novel was thin in substance.