Mightier than the Sword (The Clifton Chronicles, 5)

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This is the fifth novel in The Clifton Chronicles series could be accessible as a stand-alone story although to have a better feel of what’s going on it is by far better to read it in sequence otherwise you may find yourself wanting to see what had happened previously. And if you have read the previous novel “Be Careful What You Wish For” you will remember it ended in a major cliff hanger....But as a great storyteller, Mr. Archer thought of his newbies and thankfully volume 5 begins with repeating the final chapter of the last book. Harry learns that he has been elected as the new president of English PEN and launches a campaign for the release of Anatoly Babakov, a Russian dissident author languishing away in a gulag in Siberia. Which does not make Harry many friends in Russia.

The pen is mightier than the sword" is a metonymic adage, indicating that the written word is more effective than violence as a means of social or political change. This sentiment has been expressed with metaphorical contrasts of writing implements and weapons for thousands of years. The specific wording that "the pen is mightier than the sword" was first used by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839. Jefferson, Thomas (19 June 1792). "To Thomas Paine Philadelphia, June 19, 1792". From Revolution to Reconstruction . Retrieved 13 November 2006.I can't do a damn thing unless I can get my hands on the control panel. It has to be somewhere else on the ship," said Roberts, "probably quite near by." In 1529, Antonio de Guevara, in Reloj de príncipes, compared a pen to a lance, books to arms, and a life of studying to a life of war. [20] [21] Thomas North, in 1557, translated Reloj de príncipes into English as Diall of Princes. [21] The analogy would appear in again in 1582, in George Whetstone's An Heptameron of Civil Discourses: "The dashe of a Pen, is more greeuous than the counterbuse of a Launce." [22] [b] a b Di Salvo, Angelo J. (1989). "Spanish Guides to Princes and the Political Theories in Don Quijote". The Cervantes Society of America . Retrieved 12 November 2006. a b Burton, Robert (as Democritus Junior). Hagen, Karl (ed.). "The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptoms, prognostics, and several cures of it". Project Gutenberg. Parti, Sect.2, Memb.4, Subsect.4. This book, in my opinion, was more of a fill in than anything else. We find out some interesting things that were previously unmentioned, but I didn't really feel like this story was anything all that new or impressive. I suppose in the course of the series you have to have a book or two that just explain and tie things together, and I think this was it.

William Shakespeare in 1600, in his play Hamlet Act 2, scene II, wrote: "...many wearing rapiers are afraid of goosequills." [12] [26] The colonel wasted no time asking why. He ran along the corridor and out onto the grand staircase to find Captain Hartley charging toward him.It wasn't bad and if you have read the rest of the series then you will undoubtedly want to read this one too, but do yourself a favour and don't start with this book. Definitely not a standalone novel.