The First Miracle - Hardcover

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Jeffrey Archer, whose novels include the Clifton Chronicles, the William Warwick novels and Kane and Abel, has topped bestseller lists around the world, with sales of over 275 million copies. He is the only author ever to have been a #1 bestseller in fiction, short stories and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries). A member of the House of Lords for over a quarter of a century, the author is married to Dame Mary Archer, and they have two sons, two granddaughters and two grandsons.

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In the forty-third year of the reign of the Emperor Augusus Caesar, ruler of half the known world, a mischievous thirteen-year-old Roman boy is sent on an errand by his mother, On the way he encounters all the usual sights and sounds of village life in ancient Judea. But that evening Bethlehem is even more crowded than usual, as his father, the governor of the province, has ordered a census so he can tax all the Emperor's subjects.

Then the boy comes across a sight he will never forget- a man and his heavily pregnant wife are being turned away from an inn and are preparing to spend the night in a stable…

Jeffrey Archer's beautiful and touching story of the birth of Christ, and the first miracle, with illustrations by the internationally acclaimed Royal Academician Craigie Aitchinson, is the perfect gift for their many admirers.