Book review presentation on the Jeffery Archer’s novel “The Prisoner of Birth”. It is a thriller and mystery book on prison break, revenge, with great moral and lesson.

1. A PRISONER OF BIRTH
Author: Jeffrey Archer
Originally Published: March 6,2008
Genre: Mystery
Publisher: Macmillan Publications

2. About The Author
 Jeffrey Archer is an English author
and former politician whose political
career ended in conviction and
imprisonment for four years for
fabrication.
 Archer also served as Member of
Parliament and deputy chairman of
conservative party.
 Jeffrey Archer was born in 1940 and
educated at Brasenose College,
Oxford.

3.  Archer has written couple of plays and more
than 25 books among which Kane and Abel
series is his best known work.

4. Index
 Book 1: The Trial
 Book 2: Prison
 Book 3: Freedom
 Book 4: Revenge
 Book 5: Redemption
 Book 6: Judgement

5. Introduction
 Novel tells the story of Danny Cartwright who is
wrongly accused of murder of his best friend.
 His case seems hopeless since the real murderer
is a respected attorney who has covered up his
tracks very well with the support of his three
friends, a popular actor, a property agent and a
drug addict.
 After a long dramatic trial, Danny is sentenced to
22 years in Belmarsh prison.

6.  The key part of the story is on the escape of
Danny from prison and his revenge.

7. Learning
 “We all suffer in our own different ways from being
prisoners of birth”.
 Everyone who takes birth will come across some or
other problems in life, and even in the most difficult
situation we should not lose hope and strive to
overcome the problems.
 We should not take shortcut in life as it is beneficial
in short term but harmful in long run.

8. Review
 The language is simple and brilliant, it takes
your breath away.
 Every character in the book is portrayed
beautifully and they are bound to stay with you
long after you have finished reading it.
 Not even once would you feel bored or want to
skip any part of the book.
 Writer portrays a realistic world of courtrooms,
prisons, high society and Swiss financial
institutions

9. THANK YOU