“I want to thank my wife Mary and my sons, William and James, for their unwavering and unstinting support during this unhappy period in my life.”
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Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare is an English novelist and former politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth (Lincolnshire) from 1969 to 1974, but did not seek re-election after almost going bankrupt. Archer revived his fortunes as a novelist. His novel Kane and Abel (1979) remains one of the best-selling books in the world, with an estimated 34 million cop…
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culture · English author and politician (born 1940) · politician · novelist · writer · playwright · science fiction writer · children's writer · also Jeffrey Archer, Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, Jeffrey Howard Archer, Archer
Born 15 April 1940 · Q313489
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2026· 9 entries
“m not involved in politics in any way Lord Archer”
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“disapproved of the idea of Jeffrey Archer becoming Mayor of London”
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“s Divine Comedy, and named after the first three prisons in which he was kept. His prison term also served as inspiration for nine of the 12 short stories in the collection Cat O”
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“s final exit from front-line politics some years later. The description the judge (Mr Justice Caulfield) gave of Mrs Archer in his jury instructions included:”
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Newspatrolling.com: Nisha JamVwal At Jeffrey Archers Anniversary at Cambridge
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Mark Pack: Jeffrey Archer’s ‘First Among Equals’, with Shane Whaley (part 1)
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The Guardian: England’s Archer and Tongue subject slapdash India to record T20 defeat
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The Guardian: ‘I could never hope to equal it again’: Jeffrey Archer announces next novel will be his last
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2025· 3 entries
Yahoo: Jeffrey Archer & ‘Black Warrant’ Maker Applause Entertainment To Adapt Six Bestellers For Film & TV
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Variety: Jeffrey Archer Partners With India’s Applause Entertainment for Multi-Format Adaptations of Six Bestselling Works
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Jeffrey Archer stated that he was working on his final novel
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2024· 1 entry
Deadline.com: Jeffrey Archer Partners With Dream Bay Entertainment On Local Film & TV Adaptations
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2017· 1 entry
The Guardian: Jeffrey Archer's 'foolish act of honourable man' – archive, 7 July 1987
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2016· 1 entry
The Guardian: Cometh the Hour by Jeffrey Archer – digested
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2015· 2 entries
The Guardian: Dame Mary Archer interview: 'To me everything has to work round family, and fortunately it has'
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The Guardian: Jeffrey Archer: Bollywood 'a bunch of thieves' stealing his storys
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2014· 1 entry
The Guardian: Jeffrey Archer reveals battle with prostate cancer
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2013· 2 entries
The Guardian: Jeffrey Archer: Margaret Thatcher ‘changed this country for the better’ - video
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The Guardian: Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer – digested read
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2011· 2 entries
Archer published the first of seven books in The Clifton Chronicles series, which follow the life of Harry Clifton from his birth in 1920, through to his funeral in 1993
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Mann, imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea for his role in leading the failed 2004 coup d'état but released on humanitarian grounds later, told The Daily Telegraph that his forthcoming book, Cry Havoc, would reveal "the finan
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2009· 1 entry
Archer said: "I am completely relaxed about it
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2004· 2 entries
“I am completely relaxed about it. Mr Mann [Simon Mann, the English mercenary leader of the coup] has made clear that it”
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The government of Equatorial Guinea alleged that Archer was one of the financiers of the failed 2004 coup d'état attempt against it, citing bank details and telephone records as evidence
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2003· 1 entry
Moviefone: Jeffrey Archer: The Truth - Where to Watch
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2001· 1 entry
Was sentenced to four years of imprisonment for perjury and perverting the course of justice, ending his active political career
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2000· 1 entry
“s candidate for the high profile job as London mayor. But he was forced to withdraw from the race in 2000 when it emerged he had lied in his 1986 High Court libel trial against the Daily Star, when he won �500,000 in damages. He was jailed for perjury in 2001 and served two years of a four year sentence. E-mail this to a friend Printable version SEE ALSO: Clarke reveals prison reform plan 09 Feb 06 | UK Politics Cameron snubs Archer”
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1999· 2 entries
Archer had been selected by the Conservative Party as candidate for the London mayoral election of 2000, with the support of two former Prime Ministers, Baroness Thatcher and John Major
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After it emerged that he had lied in the case in 1987
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1992· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the House of Lords (1992–2024).
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And subsequently became the first Conservative candidate to be selected as a candidate for mayor of London
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The Kurdish Disaster Fund wrote to Archer, complaining: "You must be concerned that the Kurdish refugees have seen hardly any of the huge sums raised in the west in their name
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1991· 2 entries
Archer had claimed to have raised £57,042,000
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Archer, with the Red Cross, set up the charity Simple Truth, a fundraising campaign on behalf of the Kurds
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1990· 1 entry
“You want to watch this man, you know. I lent him �20,000 once and I”
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1988· 1 entry
Author Kathleen Burnett accused Archer of plagiarizing a story she had written, and including it in his short-story collection, A Twist in the Tale
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1987· 3 entries
Won a civil case and was awarded large damages because of this claim
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As well as legal costs and interest of £1
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And ran at the Queen's Theatre in London's West End for over a year
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1986· 1 entry
“In January 1986, you set out dishonestly to manipulate the proceedings that you had chosen to institute against the Star.”
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1979· 1 entry
The Archers purchased the Old Vicarage, Grantchester, a house associated with the poet Rupert Brooke
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1975· 1 entry
Archer was accused of stealing three suits from a department store
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1974· 3 entries
“because of financial difficulties”
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Archer was a casualty of a fraudulent investment scheme involving a Canadian company called Aquablast
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Career landmark: member of the 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1974–1974).
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1972· 1 entry
They have two children: William Archer (born 1972), a theatrical producer, and James Archer (born 1974), a financial adviser and businessman.
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1971· 1 entry
Employed David Mellor to deal with his correspondence
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1970· 2 entries
Took part in the Kennedy Memorial Test, a 50-mile (80-kilometre) running/walking race from Louth to Skegness and back
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Career landmark: member of the 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1970–1974).
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1969· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1969–1970).
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1963· 1 entry
Archer was offered a place at the University of Oxford Delegacy of Extra-Mural Studies to study for a Diploma of Education
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1953· 1 entry
The Belgian ambassador to Washington, Baron Silvercruys
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1951· 1 entry
Archer won a scholarship to Wellington School in Somerset (not Wellington College in Berkshire, as he was later inclined to claim) after passing the 11-plus
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1940· 2 entries
Born 1940-04-15.
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Rosemary married lawyer Brien McMahon who went on to become the Democratic senator for Connecticut (1945–1952) and a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952
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