Jeffrey Archer

Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston -super- Mare ( born April 15, 1940 in London) is a British Conservative politician and author of bestsellers.

Life

Jeffrey Archer visited the Wellington School in Somerset and Brasenose College, Oxford, the latter but without graduating. He was from 1969 to 1974 for the Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the House of Commons.

His first novel Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less was released in 1974 and was an immediate success. This was followed by the thriller Shall We Tell the President? then the bestseller Kane and Abel and its sequel The Prodigal Daughter. Many books, such as A man of honor (A Matter Of Honour ) were quickly translated into German in the 1980s, he also enjoyed great popularity in the German area. A Quiver Full of Arrows, A Twist in the Tale and Twelve Red Herrings are each a collection of short stories from his pen.

In 1992 he became a life peer, as Baron Archer of Weston -super- Mare, of Mark in the County of Somerset appointed.

During the election for Mayor of London, where he was first a candidate of the Conservative Party, he was indicted in early 2000 for perjury and sentenced to several years in prison. During his time in prison he wrote a three-part, praised by critics Prison Diary ( The Prison Diaries ).

Jeffrey Archer is currently living in Lambeth (London ) and The Old Vicarage in the village of Grantchester near Cambridge, a house made famous by a poem by Rupert Brooke. Archer is married and has two sons.