This Was a Man is the seventh & final captivating instalment of the Clifton Chronicles from master storyteller Jeffrey Archer This Was a Man opens with a shot being fired but who pulled the trigger & who lives & who dies? In Whitehall Giles Barrington discovers the truth about his wife Karin from the Cabinet Secretary Is she a spy or a pawn in a larger game? Harry Clifton sets out to write his magnum opus while his wife Emma completes her ten years as Chairman of the Bristol Royal Infirmary & receives an unexpected call from Margaret Thatcher offering her a job Sebastian Clifton becomes chairman of Farthings Kaufman bank after Hakim Bishara resigns for personal reasons Sebastian & his wife Samantha's talented daughter Jessica is expelled from the Slade School of Fine Art but her aunt Grace comes to her rescue Lady Virginia is about to flee the country to avoid her creditors when the Duchess of Hertford dies & sees another opportunity to clear her debts & finally trump the Cliftons & the Barringtons In a devastating twist tragedy engulfs the Clifton family when one of them receives a shocking diagnosis that will throw all their lives into turmoil