And Thereby Hangs a Tale

Jamwal and Nisha fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green in Delhi... Thus begins one of the fifteen stories Jeffrey Archer has gathered from around the globe during the past few years in this, his sixth, collection of enthralling short stories.From Germany comes A Good Eye, the tale of a priceless oil painting that has remained in the same family for over two hundred years, until...To the Channel Islands and Members Only, where a golf ball falls out of a Christmas cracker, and young man's life will never be the same again.To Italy and No Room at the Inn, where a young man trying to book a hotel room ends up in bed with the receptionist, unaware that she...To England, where, in High Heels, a woman explains to her husband why a pair of designer shoes couldn't have gone up in flames because...Some of these stories will make you laugh. Others will bring you to tears. And, once again, every one of them will keep you spellbound.