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Jeffrey Archer was born on April 15, 1940, in London, England. After graduating from Brasenose College, Oxford, he founded his own company named Arrow Enterprises and promptly amassed a fortune. In 1969, he was elected to the House of Commons. A conservative Member of Parliament, he was, at the age of 29, the youngest member at that time. While in Parliament, he invested in a corporation and lost his fortune because of embezzlement. Devastated and facing financial ruin, he recounted his experiences in his book, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less. The success of this book launched his writing career. His other works include Kane and Abel, Honor among Thieves, Shall We Tell the President?, A Quiver Full of Arrows, The Prodigal Daughter, and The Sins of the Father. He is also the author of The Clifton Chronicles series. He writes plays including Beyond Reasonable Doubt and The Accused. He was sentenced to four years imprisonment because of perjury and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, and was released in July 2003. He published three volumes of his Prison Diary: Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. In 2014, his title Be Careful What You Wish For made The New York Times Bestseller List. In 2015 his title Mightier than the Sword made the same bestsller list. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Kane and Abel… (more)
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Kane and Abel 3,447 copies, 68 reviews
Only Time Will Tell 2,339 copies, 109 reviews
A Prisoner of Birth 2,081 copies, 76 reviews
The Prodigal Daughter 1,926 copies, 16 reviews
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less 1,919 copies, 26 reviews
False Impression 1,881 copies, 38 reviews
As the Crow Flies 1,796 copies, 38 reviews
A Matter of Honor 1,630 copies, 18 reviews
The Sins of the Father 1,586 copies, 51 reviews
First Among Equals 1,549 copies, 15 reviews
Honor Among Thieves 1,530 copies, 13 reviews
The Eleventh Commandment 1,477 copies, 21 reviews
Sons of Fortune 1,421 copies, 16 reviews
The Fourth Estate 1,395 copies, 13 reviews
Paths of Glory 1,284 copies, 55 reviews
Best Kept Secret 1,259 copies, 36 reviews
A Twist in the Tale 1,147 copies, 14 reviews
Shall We Tell the President? 1,118 copies, 11 reviews
Be Careful What You Wish For 1,092 copies, 35 reviews
Twelve Red Herrings 1,035 copies, 7 reviews
To Cut a Long Story Short 976 copies, 18 reviews
A Quiver Full of Arrows 931 copies, 4 reviews
Mightier Than the Sword 904 copies, 27 reviews
Cometh the Hour 781 copies, 19 reviews
This Was a Man 647 copies, 20 reviews
Heads You Win 511 copies, 24 reviews
Nothing Ventured 484 copies, 23 reviews
A Prison Diary - Volume 1: Hell 415 copies, 7 reviews
The Collected Short Stories 332 copies, 2 reviews
Hidden in Plain Sight 290 copies, 9 reviews
Tell Tale: Stories 267 copies, 9 reviews
Turn a Blind Eye 239 copies, 7 reviews
Over My Dead Body 228 copies, 10 reviews
Next in Line 134 copies, 6 reviews
Four warned 37 copies, 1 review
It Can't be October Already 13 copies, 2 reviews
Cheap at Half the Price 13 copies, 2 reviews
Don't drink the water 8 copies, 2 reviews
High heels 7 copies
No Room at the Inn 7 copies, 3 reviews
Checkmate 7 copies
Collected Short Stories 3 copies, 1 review
Miras 1 copy
Aki mer... 1 copy
2004 1 copy
The Miracle {short story} 1 copy, 1 review
The Senior Vice President 1 copy, 1 review
L'icona 1 copy
Government, politics, power and policy in Australia (Contributor, some editions) 37 copies
A Feast of Stories (Contributor) 15 copies, 1 review
Death on Wheels (Contributor) 7 copies
Kane and Abel [1985 TV mini series] (Original book) 6 copies
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