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    1) The book "As the Crow Flies" by Jeffrey Archer tells the rags to riches story of Charlie Trumper and his dream to own the biggest barrow business in the world. 2) Charlie rises from a destitute street vendor to a department store magnate over the course of his lifetime in the early 20th century, experiencing all the major historical events that affected business such as World War 1, the stock market crash, and World War 2. 3) The book spans four continents and 60 years, following Charlie's shrewd business strategies and the thrills of his ambitions being realized, though some felt the story was overdrawn at times.

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    1) The book "As the Crow Flies" by Jeffrey Archer tells the rags to riches story of Charlie Trumper and his dream to own the biggest barrow business in the world. 2) Charlie rises from a destitute street vendor to a department store magnate over the course of his lifetime in the early 20th century, experiencing all the major historical events that affected business such as World War 1, the stock market crash, and World War 2. 3) The book spans four continents and 60 years, following Charlie's shrewd business strategies and the thrills of his ambitions being realized, though some felt the story was overdrawn at times.

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    Book Review PHD 01

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    1) The book "As the Crow Flies" by Jeffrey Archer tells the rags to riches story of Charlie Trumper and his dream to own the biggest barrow business in the world. 2) Charlie rises from a destitute street vendor to a department store magnate over the course of his lifetime in the early 20th century, experiencing all the major historical events that affected business such as World War 1, the stock market crash, and World War 2. 3) The book spans four continents and 60 years, following Charlie's shrewd business strategies and the thrills of his ambitions being realized, though some felt the story was overdrawn at times.

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    BOOK REVIEW AS THE CROW FLIES - JEFFREY ARCHER

    About the book


    Written by Jeffrey Archer- a master storyteller Published in 1991 Rags to riches story Delightful unification of some abstract and something concrete Love, ambition and desire interlaced with fiscal situations, social obligations and the means of survival of we humans are explicitly portrayed

    PLOT
    Main character- Charlie Trumper He nurtures a dream of owning the biggest barrow in the world some day. A barrow that would sell just about everything from apples to automobiles

    from destitute street vendor to department store magnate over the course of his lifetime.
    Every major event of the early 20th century affects Charlie's journey - the stock market crash, WW2, the general strike, Queen Elizabeth's coronation, even the 'teenage' era of the 1960's.

    Something you come across in this book


    a mention of world war 1 mention of British troops in India mention of Gandhi- the naked man some mind boggling business strategies

    shrewd clever monetary moves


    sinister thoughts for coveting wealth a tour of New York and Australia.

    OVERALL
    A lovely, exciting, thrilling, simply mind boggling tale spun over four continents and spanning over 60 years in time. Close to real characters. The rush in anticipation of what would happen next in the last 200 pages is just awesome. In terms of weaknesses, the book is a tad long and over-drawn out at times

    THANK YOU

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