Author and former politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86
HarperCollins said Archer sold more than 300 million books and later returned to the House of Lords after a perjury conviction.
- On Monday, former politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer died at age 86, his publisher Harper Collins said. He passed away "suddenly and peacefully at his home between writing sessions."
- Before his literary success, Archer served as a Conservative MP for five years and later as the party's deputy chairman, eventually becoming a life peer in 1992.
- His political career was paused in 2001 when he was imprisoned for four years for perjury; an Old Bailey jury found he had lied in a libel action against The Star 13 years earlier.
- Following his early release in 2003, Archer returned to the House of Lords until his 2024 retirement, continuing his prolific writing career alongside his political duties.
- Kate Elton, Harper Collins UK chief executive and Archer's editor, called him a "master storyteller" and "editor's dream," praising his commitment to "draft after draft" and the collaborative nature of publishing.
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British bestselling author and former politician Jeffrey Archer died on the 5th at the age of 86. According to British media, his publisher stated that he "passed away suddenly and peacefully at home while writing." Investment…
Author of best sellers sold to millions of copies, the writer, who disappeared at the age of 86, had also climbed the ranks of the Conservative Party, before several cases came against his political ambitions.
The publisher HarperCollins announced on the night of Monday to Tuesday the death of the author, reconverted into literature after a parliamentary career, which brought him to the post of vice-president of the Conservative Party, from which he was later excludedThe British writer Jeffrey Archer died at the age of 86, announced on Monday his publisher HarperCollins. The author of best-sellers Jeffrey Archer died on Monday "subtly and peacefully a…
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