First among equals new york public library overdrive. Unfolding over three decades, their honor will be tested, their loyalties betrayed, and their love of family and country challenged. But in a game where there is a first among equals, only one can triumph, in this novel from bestselling author jeffrey archer. By jeffrey archer first among equals by jeffrey archer charles seymour, secondborn son, will never be the earl like his father, but he did inherit his mothers strengthand the will to realize his destiny.
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