Four Men Driven By Power, Ambition, And Charles Seymour, second-born son, will never be the earl like his father, but he did inherit his mother`s strength-and the will to realize his Kerslake`s father sacrificed everything to make sure his son`s dreams come true. Now it is Simon`s chance to rise as high as those dreams Gould was born to the back streets but raised with pride-a quality matched by a sharp intellect and the desire to attain the Fraser was raised by a soccer hero turned politician. Now it`s his turn for heroics, whatever the cost. ...In A Battle For The Ultimate Prize From strangers to rivals, four men embark on a journey for the highest stakes of all-the keys to No. 10 Downing Street. 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. "One of the top ten storytellers in the world." -"Los Angeles Times" "Not since Gore Vidal`s "1876" has there been such a cliff-hanger aspect to an election and to the selection of a head of the conclusion, Archer brings the reader to a moment of surprising finish." "-The San Diego Union"