Bestselling writer and erstwhile person Jeffrey Archer has died astatine the property of 86.
Archer sold much than 300 cardinal books successful his five-decade penning career, including the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, and has often acceptable the novels successful his location municipality of Wellington, Somerset.
In a statement, Archer's steadfast HarperCollins said the writer died "suddenly and peacefully astatine home" connected Monday.
The erstwhile Conservative MP was jailed for perjury successful 2001 aft being recovered blameworthy of lying and cheating successful his 1987 libel lawsuit against the Daily Star.
Archer was made a beingness adjacent successful 1992 but his governmental vocation was paused successful 2001 erstwhile helium was jailed for 4 years perjury and perverting the people of justice.
He was recovered to person lied successful libel enactment helium had brought against The Star newspaper, successful which helium was awarded £500,000 successful damages.
He was released successful 2003 and returned to the House of Lords until helium retired successful 2024.
His past book, Adam and Eve, is acceptable to beryllium released this month, HarperCollins added, describing him arsenic a "master storyteller" whose readers "meant everything to him".
"Jeffrey's vocation is the worldly of publishing legend," the connection continued.
"He spent a full of 14 years and 5 months connected the Sunday Times bestseller lists and 5 ½ years connected the New York Times bestseller lists, selling 300 cardinal books successful 119 countries successful 49 languages."
"He was the maestro storyteller and an editor's imagination - phenomenally hard-working, utterly committed to completing draught aft draught to get each connection arsenic cleanable arsenic possible, and a existent champion of the 'team' quality of large publishing."
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