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Jeffrey Archer Biography
Jeffrey Archer was born in London and brought up in Somerset. He was educated at Wellington School, and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was President of the University Athletics Club, and went on to run the yards in seconds for Great Britain in
After leaving Oxford he was elected to the Greater London Council, and three years later at the age of 29, he became Member of Parliament for Louth. After five years in the Commons and a promising political career ahead of him, he invested heavily in a Canadian company called Aquablast, on the advice of the Bank of Boston. The company went into liquidation, and three directors were later sent to jail for fraud. Left with debts of &#;,, and on the brink of bankruptcy, he resigned from the House of Commons.
Aged 34, determined to repay his creditors in full, he sat down to write his first novel Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less. It was taken up by the Literary Agent, Debbie Owen, and sold to 17 countries within a year. It was also made into a successful serial for BBC Radio 4, and was later televised in by the BBC.
He has written numerous other wor
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Jeffrey’s fourth book of short stories, To Cut a Long Story Short, was published in March , and his novel, Sons of Fortune, about twins separated at birth, in December
In , he released False Impression, and a fifth collection of short stories based on tales from prison: Cat O’Nine Tales, was published in , and included a special limited edition which was beautifully illustrated by the late, great, Ronald Searle.
Jeffrey completed the Flora London Marathon on April 18th , in 5 hours 26 mins, raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation UK, the British Heart Foundation, the Fund for Addenbrooke’s and the Facial Surgery Research Foundation. He was overtaken by a camel, a phone-box and a girl walking. He has no plans to repeat the experience.
A Prisoner of Birth, was published in March and topped the bestseller lists around the world, going to #1 in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India. It spent four weeks in the top 10 on The New York Times Bestsellers list. Jeffrey’s novel, Paths of Glory, the story of the first attempt to conquer Everest by George Mallory in , and was published by Macmillan in March and also went to #1 around the world.
Jeffrey Archer - Biography
Jeffrey Archer once said that when he was three years old he wanted to be four. And when he was four he wanted to be prime minister. At Oxford, he earned a reputation for his intense drive. "Almost his first statement to me was: 'I want to be Minister of Sport. What's your ambition?'," says a former school friend.
Although he is phenomenally successful in the fields of politics and publishing, a series of mishaps and misjudgments may ultimately keep Lord Archer from achieving his larger goals. His life has always been something of a roller-coaster, however, and yet another upswing could be just around the corner.
Jeffrey Archer's early life
Jeffrey Howard Archer was born on April 15, , in the City of London maternity hospital to William Archer and his wife Lola, a journalist. Despite being dubbed "the Pune," in reference to his skin-and-bones appearance, the young Jeffrey became a star athlete and eventually reached the national schools championship for track.
After dropping out of the army, tending bar and spending some time in San Francisco, Jeffrey found himself back at school. Though never before a scho
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