A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer (2008) is another of his great stories. In fact, the author considers this his best book.

A contemporary retelling of Dumas’s 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo.

Archer spent 2 years in Belmarsh Prison, featured in this book, for perjury and perverting the course of justice. He writes what he knows.

A pub fight results in a stabbing death.

Danny is wrongly blamed for the murder in a well-orchestrated plot by Spencer (a barrister) and his friends: a popular actor, a drug-addicted aristocrat, and a young estate agent.

Sentenced to 22 years in Belmarsh prison, Danny befriends 2 cellmates, Albert Crann, known as “Big Al,” and Sir Nicholas Moncrieff. 

How can Danny get out of prison? Clear his name? And bring justice to Spencer?

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For me, it’s the ending of the story that makes this a fantastic read.

The courtroom drama is a brilliant conclusion.