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English author and former politician (born 1940)

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Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare is an English novelist and former politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth (Lincolnshire) from 1969 to 1974, but did not seek re-election after almost going bankrupt. Archer revived his fortunes as a novelist.

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Jeffrey Archer
said · Feb 1, 1999
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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. (February 1, 1999) Url accessed on

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Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare is an English novelist and former politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth (Lincolnshire) from 1969 to 1974, but did not seek re-election after almost going bankrupt. Archer revived his fortunes as a novelist. His novel Kane and Abel (1979) remains one of the best-selling books in the world, with an estimated 34 million copies sold worldwide. Overall his books have sold more than 320 million copies worldwide.

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Born 1940 · age 86
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