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he is an elaborate writer, quite slow though,but a creative one. His each book reflects his hard work and perspiration he contributes. Surely, he belongs to the class of Alexender Dumas.
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(2009)
Paths of Glory
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(2008)
Cat O'Nine Tales
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(2007)
The Gospel According to Judas by Benjamin Iscariot
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(2004)
Purgatory
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(2003)
Sons of Fortune
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- Legal name: Jeffrey Archer
- Birthdate: April 15, 1940 (age 72)
- Birthplace: London, England
- Nationality: British
- Gender: Male
- Official Website: http://www.jeffreyarcher.co.uk/
- Genres: Drama, Thriller
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Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is an English author and former politician.
Alongside of his literary work, Archer was a Member of Parliament (1969/74), deputy chairman of the Conservative Party (1985/86) and was made a life peer in 1992. Having suffered several controversies, his political career ended with his conviction and subsequent imprisonment (2001–2003) for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
Jeffrey Archer was born in the City of London Maternity Hospital. In 1951, he won a scholarship to Wellington School, in Somerset.
After Archer left school passing O-levels in English Literature, Art, and History, he worked in a number of jobs, including training with the army and for the police. This lasted only for a few months, but he fared better as a Physical Education teacher; first at Vicar's Hill, a Prep School in Hampshire, and later at the more prestigious independent school Dover College in Kent.
He gained a place at Brasenose College, Oxford to study for a one-year diploma in education, though he stayed for three years, gaining an academic qualification in teaching awarded by the Oxford Department for Education.
He also raised money for the then little-known charity Oxfam, obtaining the support of The Beatles in a charity fundraising drive.
It was during this period that Archer met his wife, Mary, at that time studying chemistry at St Anne's College, Oxford. They married in July 1966. Mary went on to specialise in solar power.
After leaving Oxford, he continued as a charity fundraiser, working for the National Birthday Trust, a medical charity. He also began a career in politics, serving as a Conservative councillor on the Greater London Council during 1967–70.
Archer set up his own fund-raising company, Arrow Enterprises, in 1969. That same year he opened an art gallery, the Archer Gallery, in Mayfair. The gallery specialised in modern art, including pieces by the acclaimed sculptor and painter Leon Underwood.
At 29, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lincolnshire constituency of Louth, holding the seat for the Conservative Party in a by-election on 4 December 1969. Archer beat Ian Gow to the selection after winning over a substantial proportion of younger members at the selection meeting. Archer's campaign colour was a dayglo orange/pink with a blue arrow.
Archer remained president of Immingham Conservative Party until he withdrew from the 2000 election for Mayor of London in 1999. Archer is considered a local celebrity by people of Immingham who were around when he was their Member of Parliament.
His first book, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, was picked up by the literary agent Deborah Owen and published first in the US, then eventually in Britain in the Autumn of 1976. The book was an instant success. A BBC Television adaptation of the book was broadcast in 1990, and a radio adaptation was aired on BBC Radio 4 in the early 1980s. While he was a witness in the Aquablast case in Toronto in 1977.
Kane and Abel proved to be his best-selling work, reaching number one on the New York Times bestsellers list. It was made into a television mini-series by CBS in 1985, starring Peter Strauss and Sam Neill. The following year, Granada TV screened a ten-part adaptation of another Archer bestseller, First Among Equals, which told the story of four men and their quest to become Prime Minister.
Archer's political career revived once he became known for his novels and as a popular speaker among the Conservative grassroots. He was made deputy chairman of the Conservative Party by Margaret Thatcher in September 1985.
When Saddam Hussein suppressed Kurdish uprisings in 1991, Archer, with the Red Cross, set up the charity Simple Truth, a fundraising campaign on behalf of the Kurds." In May 1991, Archer organised a charity pop concert, starring Rod Stewart, Paul Simon, Sting and Gloria Estefan, who all performed for free.
While in prison, he wrote the three-volume memoir A Prison Diary, with volumes fashioned after Dante's Divine Comedy and named the first three prisons he was kept in.
Kane and Able Series
* Shall We Tell the President? (1977)
* Kane and Abel (1980)
* The Prodigal Daughter (1982)
Prison diaries
* 1. Hell – Belmarsh (2002)
* 2. Purgatory – Wayland (2003)
* 3. Heaven – North Sea Camp (2004)
Other novels
* Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less (1976)
* First Among Equals (1984)
* A Matter of Honour (1986)
* As the Crow Flies (1991)
* Honour Among Thieves (1993)
* The Fourth Estate (1996)
* The Eleventh Commandment (1998)
* Sons of Fortune (2003)
* False Impression (2006)
* The Gospel According to Judas by Benjamin Iscariot With Francis J. Moloney (2007)
* A Prisoner of Birth (2008)
* Paths of Glory (2009)
Plays
* Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1987)
* Exclusive (1989)
* The Accused (2000)
Short stories/Collections
* A Quiver Full of Arrows (1980)
* A Twist in the Tale (1989)
* Twelve Red Herrings (1994)
* The Collected Short Stories (1997)
* To Cut a Long Story Short (2000)
* Cat O'Nine Tales (2006)
* And Thereby Hangs a Tale (2010)
For children
* By Royal Appointment (1980)
* Willy Visits the Square World (1980)
* Willy and the Killer Kipper (1981)
* The First Miracle (1994)
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Archer
Alongside of his literary work, Archer was a Member of Parliament (1969/74), deputy chairman of the Conservative Party (1985/86) and was made a life peer in 1992. Having suffered several controversies, his political career ended with his conviction and subsequent imprisonment (2001–2003) for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
Jeffrey Archer was born in the City of London Maternity Hospital. In 1951, he won a scholarship to Wellington School, in Somerset.
After Archer left school passing O-levels in English Literature, Art, and History, he worked in a number of jobs, including training with the army and for the police. This lasted only for a few months, but he fared better as a Physical Education teacher; first at Vicar's Hill, a Prep School in Hampshire, and later at the more prestigious independent school Dover College in Kent.
He gained a place at Brasenose College, Oxford to study for a one-year diploma in education, though he stayed for three years, gaining an academic qualification in teaching awarded by the Oxford Department for Education.
He also raised money for the then little-known charity Oxfam, obtaining the support of The Beatles in a charity fundraising drive.
It was during this period that Archer met his wife, Mary, at that time studying chemistry at St Anne's College, Oxford. They married in July 1966. Mary went on to specialise in solar power.
After leaving Oxford, he continued as a charity fundraiser, working for the National Birthday Trust, a medical charity. He also began a career in politics, serving as a Conservative councillor on the Greater London Council during 1967–70.
Archer set up his own fund-raising company, Arrow Enterprises, in 1969. That same year he opened an art gallery, the Archer Gallery, in Mayfair. The gallery specialised in modern art, including pieces by the acclaimed sculptor and painter Leon Underwood.
At 29, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lincolnshire constituency of Louth, holding the seat for the Conservative Party in a by-election on 4 December 1969. Archer beat Ian Gow to the selection after winning over a substantial proportion of younger members at the selection meeting. Archer's campaign colour was a dayglo orange/pink with a blue arrow.
Archer remained president of Immingham Conservative Party until he withdrew from the 2000 election for Mayor of London in 1999. Archer is considered a local celebrity by people of Immingham who were around when he was their Member of Parliament.
His first book, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, was picked up by the literary agent Deborah Owen and published first in the US, then eventually in Britain in the Autumn of 1976. The book was an instant success. A BBC Television adaptation of the book was broadcast in 1990, and a radio adaptation was aired on BBC Radio 4 in the early 1980s. While he was a witness in the Aquablast case in Toronto in 1977.
Kane and Abel proved to be his best-selling work, reaching number one on the New York Times bestsellers list. It was made into a television mini-series by CBS in 1985, starring Peter Strauss and Sam Neill. The following year, Granada TV screened a ten-part adaptation of another Archer bestseller, First Among Equals, which told the story of four men and their quest to become Prime Minister.
Archer's political career revived once he became known for his novels and as a popular speaker among the Conservative grassroots. He was made deputy chairman of the Conservative Party by Margaret Thatcher in September 1985.
When Saddam Hussein suppressed Kurdish uprisings in 1991, Archer, with the Red Cross, set up the charity Simple Truth, a fundraising campaign on behalf of the Kurds." In May 1991, Archer organised a charity pop concert, starring Rod Stewart, Paul Simon, Sting and Gloria Estefan, who all performed for free.
While in prison, he wrote the three-volume memoir A Prison Diary, with volumes fashioned after Dante's Divine Comedy and named the first three prisons he was kept in.
Kane and Able Series
* Shall We Tell the President? (1977)
* Kane and Abel (1980)
* The Prodigal Daughter (1982)
Prison diaries
* 1. Hell – Belmarsh (2002)
* 2. Purgatory – Wayland (2003)
* 3. Heaven – North Sea Camp (2004)
Other novels
* Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less (1976)
* First Among Equals (1984)
* A Matter of Honour (1986)
* As the Crow Flies (1991)
* Honour Among Thieves (1993)
* The Fourth Estate (1996)
* The Eleventh Commandment (1998)
* Sons of Fortune (2003)
* False Impression (2006)
* The Gospel According to Judas by Benjamin Iscariot With Francis J. Moloney (2007)
* A Prisoner of Birth (2008)
* Paths of Glory (2009)
Plays
* Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1987)
* Exclusive (1989)
* The Accused (2000)
Short stories/Collections
* A Quiver Full of Arrows (1980)
* A Twist in the Tale (1989)
* Twelve Red Herrings (1994)
* The Collected Short Stories (1997)
* To Cut a Long Story Short (2000)
* Cat O'Nine Tales (2006)
* And Thereby Hangs a Tale (2010)
For children
* By Royal Appointment (1980)
* Willy Visits the Square World (1980)
* Willy and the Killer Kipper (1981)
* The First Miracle (1994)
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Archer
