First Among Equals

By: Jeffrey Archer

Narrated by: John Lee

First Among Equals is an exciting political drama, by master storyteller Jeffrey Archer.

Read by the inimitable John Lee

In the 1960s, four ambitious new MPs take their seats at Westminster. Over three decades they share the turbulent passions and upheavals of the race for power with their wives and families, men and women caught up in a dramatic game for the highest stakes of all. But only one man can gain the ultimate goal – the office of Prime Minister . . .

Critic reviews

Another example of the author’s mastery of the pure art of storytelling

We haven’t had a better novel about Parliament since Anthony Trollope

Political heavy book

Good insight into political or kings but gets rather tedious at times. But you have to stay focused as there are a large amount of central charaxhters.

A little disjointed...

Jeffrey Archer novels span a large footprint on the space-time continuum. That said, he does tend to wander, and sometimes leaves storylines hanging. In this book, for example, the Queen makes a proclamation which Archer goes to great lengths to lay out in terms of the principals involved, and how the proclamation is received by all, but the proclamation itself is never revealed. Being as it comes toward the end of the book, it is a letdown. Other than that flaw, it is a decent read.

No solid plotline

Not my kind of story. the stort follows the life of several gentlemen and rambles on about the details of British politics. but I don't know where the author is heading.