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Jeffrey Howard Archer is an English novelist, former politician, convicted perjurer, and peer of the realm.

Before becoming an author, Archer was a Member of Parliament , but did not seek re-election after a financial scandal that left him almost bankrupt. He revived his fortunes as a best-selling novelist; his books have sold around 330 million copies worldwide.Archer became deputy chairman of the Conservative Party , before resigning after a newspaper accused him of paying money to a prostitute. In 1987, he won a court case and was awarded large damages because of this claim. He was made a life peer in 1992 and subsequently became Conservative candidate to be the first elected Mayor of London. He had to resign his candidacy in 1999 after it emerged that he had lied in his 1987 libel case. He was imprisoned for perjury and perverting the course of justice, ending his elected political career. Wikipedia  

✵ 15. April 1940   •   Other names جیفری آرچر, جفری آرچر, ဂျက်ဖရီအာချား

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Only Time Will Tell
Only Time Will Tell
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A Prisoner of Birth
A Prisoner of Birth
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Best Kept Secret
Best Kept Secret
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Jeffrey Archer Quotes

“I'm what you might call centre-right but I've always disliked the right wing as much as I've disliked the left wing.”

Comment about his own political ideology. From a Question and Answer interview on BBC New Online http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/269876.stm. (February 1, 1999) Url accessed on December 12, 2008.

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