Jeffrey Archer Bookstore

Literary Specialty: Drama-packed fiction starring real-life public figures

The Score: 10 bestselling novels

Date of Birth: April 15, 1940

Place of Birth: Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England

Education: Certificate in education from Oxford University

Humble Beginnings: In 1974, he lost his entire fortune because of a bad investment. It was only after that that he wrote his first novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, based on his financial downfall.

Family Ties: Wife, the former Mary Weedon, since 1966; two children; father, William Archer, was a professional soldier; mother, Lola Cook Archer, was a journalist

Where He Lives: He has homes in Grantchester and London, England

Moonlighting: Archer is a devotee of the theater--and proud owner of the Playhouse in London. He has written two plays, Exclusive (1989) and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1987).

MEET THE AUTHOR

Lord Jeffrey Archer, former Parliamentarian and a member of the House of Lords, has lived all the lives of a very well bred and clever cat. When he faced financial ruin, he took the lemon and made a frosty pitcher of sweet lemonade, splashing into the world of publishing with a bestselling first novel. He is from a background of advantage, but beyond his inherited position he has carved out a career as a politician, journalist, and commentator. During the period of mourning for Princess Diana in 1997, Archer was omnipresent on television, adding a steady, informative voice to the medium's flood of commentary.

Fans of Archer's novels would not have been surprised. Real public figures are regularly incorporated into his fiction, including Ted Kennedy (Shall We Tell the President?) and Saddam Hussein (Honor Among Thieves). In fact, because of its decision to publish Shall We Tell the President? Viking lost budding editor Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who objected to her former brother-in-law being used as a pivotal character in a work of fiction.

Archer has a knack for "novelography." In The Fourth Estate, he turned media moguls Rupert Murdoch and the late Robert Maxwell into his main characters. He told an interviewer that he read more than 30 biographies of the two men, and that about 80 percent of the novel was true. Archer generally writes several drafts; for The Fourth Estate, it was 19.

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Jeffrey Archer - As the Crow Flies
	As the Crow Flies ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1992 When Charlie Trumper inherits his grandfather's fruit and vegetable barrow, he inherits as well his enterprising spirit, which quickly lifts him out of poverty in London's East End. Success, however, does not come easily or quickly, particularly when World War I sends Charlie into combat and into an ongoing struggle with a vengeful enemy who will not rest until Charlie is destroyed. Charlie Trumper's epic journey carries him across three continents and through the triumphs and disasters of the twentieth century, all leading toward the fulfillment of his greatest dream.
Jeffrey Archer - The Collected Short Stories
	The Collected Short Stories ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer / Hardcover / Published 1998 Can a former member of the British Parliament, as well as a member of the House of Lords, actually write fiction for the masses? The answer: a resounding yes, as this delicious collection of short stories proves. Thirty-six riveting and spellbinding tales await rapid consumption in Jeffrey Archer: The Collected Short Stories. Fans and nonfans alike will revel in the stylish and absorbing tales presented here; after all, each was written by Jeffrey Archer, one of the consummate masters of the thriller genre.
Jeffrey Archer - The Eleventh Commandment
	The Eleventh Commandment ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer/ Hardcover / Published 1998 The Eleventh Commandment ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1999 The Eleventh Commandment (Thorndike Large Print Basic Series) [LARGE PRINT] ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days Jeffrey Archer / Hardcover / Published 1999 The Eleventh Commandment [ABRIDGED] ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer, Martin Jarvis (Narrator) / Audio Cassette / Published 1998 As a member of the British House of Lords and as former member of Parliament, Jeffrey Archer knows some of the most powerful people in the world. Indeed, the acknowledgements of this closely plotted thriller include current and former members of the American CIA, FBI, NSA, Secret Service, and a former U.S. attorney general. From this background, Archer weaves a tale that follows his hero, CIA assassin Connor Fitzgerald, while simultaneously shadowing his bosses in Washington. The opening chapters feature unrelenting action as Connor tracks and kills a Colombian presidential candidate and starts a chain of events that could lead to a new Cold War. But, despite his ruthless background, Connor is not a cold and hollow plot device. He's an American Medal of Honor winner who is committed to his country, but also to his spiritual home, Ireland. Archer even pauses briefly to flesh out Connor's family life and the tensions of living with secrets that his wife and beloved daughter suspect but will never know. This character work pays off as the reader follows Connor through several nations and nearly as many identities. Gradually, Connor is caught in Russia between two power brokers: CIA director Helen Dexter and President Tom Lawrence. Dexter needs her 28-year veteran agent dead or "disappeared" in a Russian prison. But President Lawrence also needs Connor so he can finally rid himself of Dexter's tacit control of U.S. foreign policy. In the end, Connor must rely on old friends and native intelligence if he is to make it to his retirement alive. Fans of political intrigue, James Bond, and Tom Clancy will be drawn inexorably along for the ride. --Patrick O'Kelley
Jeffrey Archer - First Among Equals
	First Among Equals ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1997 From Jeffery Archer, author of the bestselling Kane and Abel, comes this spellbinding tale in its complete and original form, published for the first time in the U.S. First Among Equals chronicles the lives of four extraordinary men who battle for a prize that only one of them can win - to become Prime Minister. Charles Seymour: An accident of birth kept him from an earldom, but nothing and no one can keep him from what he believes is his destiny. Andrew Frasier: His father was a football hero to thousands. Andrew intends to be a political hero to millions. Simon Kerslake: Born not quite of the true upper class, Simon is determined to lift himself as high as his dreams and voters allow. Ray Gould: Son of a Leeds butcher, Ray realizes early on that his keen intellect and his driving ambition can raise him from the back streets to No. 10 Downing Street. Through three tumultuous decades of bitter rivalry, they fight for Britain's most powerful office - a rivalry that sets honor against deceit, love against hate, and loyalty against betrayal.
Jeffrey Archer - The Fourth Estate
	The Fourth Estate ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days Jeffrey Archer / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1997 The Fourth Estate ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days Jeffrey Archer / Audio Cassette / Published 1996 The Fourth Estate (G K Hall Large Print Book Series (Cloth)) [LARGE PRINT] ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days Jeffrey Archer / Hardcover / Published 1996 The Fourth Estate (G K Hall Large Print Book Series (Paper)) [LARGE PRINT] ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days Jeffrey Archer / Paperback / Published 1997 Utilizing his extensive theatrical experience, Martin Jarvis handles the difficult task of narrating Jeffrey Archer's bestseller, The Fourth Estate, quite admirably. As in his extremely popular novel, Kane & Abel, Archer has once again created dual protagonists--in this case, chronicling the parallel lives of two rival media tycoons, each bent on global domination of the newspaper industry. Because of this doubly complex plot device, the narrator must possess a very flexible voice to differentiate not only the two lead characters, but each of their large supporting casts as well. Jarvis tackles the challenge quite capably. Although the work is billed as fiction, the personalities and events bear a striking resemblance to actual stories seen in headlines. So recognizable, in fact, that lawsuits were filed in an effort to halt publication of Archer's book altogether. Perhaps that can explain his relatively safe, methodical effort here. As usual, he has devised an absorbing and intricate plot, but the story follows the action forward so closely that there is little time allowed for insight into the character's motivations or for philosophical narrative. Still, Archer's considerable talent as a storyteller and the noteworthy performance by the very talented Jarvis make The Fourth Estate a compelling look at the cause and effect of ruthless corporate behavior and provides an intriguing peek behind closed boardroom doors.
Jeffrey Archer - Honor Among Thieves
	Honor Among Thieves ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1994 Honor Among Thieves (Wheeler Large Print Book) ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days Jeffrey Archer / Hardcover / Published 1993 Honor Among Thieves [UNABRIDGED] Jeffrey Archer, Nigel Havers / Audio Cassette / Published 1993 Here, from the author of such monumental bestsellers as Kane and Abel and As the Crow flies, is an ingeniously plotted thriller that is as up-to-the-minute as today's headlines. In Washington, D.C., in the spring of 1993, it is the dawn of a new political era - but six thousand miles away in the impoverished streets of Baghdad, there is a growing disillusionment with the unelected president. Sensing the mood of the people, Saddam Hussein moves boldly to settle scores with the United States. Using $100 million as bait, Saddam gathers into his web three key players: a powerful American Mafia boss; the world's greatest forger; and, most crucially a special assistant to the President of the United States, Bill Clinton. Saddam's goal is to embarrass the U.S. by stealing part of its history - then destroying that symbol in front of the world's media. With the help of a sophisticated criminal underworld that exhibits Swiss-watch timing, and a skilled actor who is transformed through plastic surgery into a stand-in for Bill Clinton, he sets about his brilliant scheme. As the countdown begins to July 1993 - potentially the most humiliating day in U.S. history - two lovers, a beautiful Mossad agent and a dashing American professor who advises the CIA, turn out to be a far more formidable weapon than any Patriot missile. In what is sure to be hailed as the suspense novel of the year, master storyteller Jeffrey Archer reminds us that the things worth dying for are sometimes to be found in the words that define our historic values.
Jeffrey Archer - Kane & Abel
	Kane & Abel ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1993 This international #1 bestseller is an epic novel of power, jealousy, ambition and revenge. Spanning 60 years, Kane & Abel is the compelling story of two ruthless, powerful businessmen--Boston millionaire William Kane and Polish immigrant Abel Rosnovski--whose confrontation rocks the financial world. William Lowell Kane, a millionaire financier, and Abel Rosnovski, a Polish immigrant and head of a vast hotel empire, play out their intense personal hatred for each other until its inevitable, and ironic, conclusion.
Jeffrey Archer - A Matter of Honor
	A Matter of Honor ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1995 It seems innocent enough. A disgraced British colonel bequeaths a mysterious letter to his only son. But the moment Adam Scott opens the yellowing envelope, he sets into motion a deadly chain of events that threatens to shake the very foundations of the free world. Within days, Adam's lover is brutally murdered and he's running for his life through the great cities of Europe, pursued not only by the KGB, but by the CIA and his own countrymen as well. Their common intent is to kill him before the truth comes out. While powerful men in smoke-filled rooms plot ever more ingenious means of destroying him, Adam finds himself betrayed and abandoned even by those he holds most dear. When at last he comes to understand what he is in possession of, he's even more determined to protect it, for it's more than a matter of life and death - it's a matter of honor.
Jeffrey Archer - Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
	Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1994 Master storyteller Jeffrey Archer is at his spellbinding best in this intricate tale of deceit, dishonor, and sweet revenge. What can an Oxford don, a respected society physician, a chic French art dealer, and a charming English lord have in common? Not a thing, except that they've all been swindled out of every cent they own by Harvey Metcalfe, the man who wrote the book on international stock fraud. They haven't a prayer of ever seeing their money again. Or Have they? With nothing left to lose, the unlikely group bands together in an audacious sting operation that will take them from hallowed university halls to boisterous Monte Carlo casinos, from hospital operating rooms to posh London gallery openings, all in order to seize back from Harvey Metcalfe what he stole from them - to the very last cent.
Jeffrey Archer - The Prodigal Daughter
	The Prodigal Daughter ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1993 Florentyna Kane inherited a vast hotel empire from her father, but his greatest gift to her was a love of America. It was his passionate devotion to the land's ideals that allowed a penniless Polish immigrant to become one of the world's wealthiest men. Florentyna knew from childhood that it was a debt she would someday try to repay by running for the highest political office in the country. Along the path to power Florentyna finds fulfillment in love and family, but still she struggles upward with the burden of her duty and responsibility. And only a heartbeat away from her ultimate goal, she may sink in a mire of betrayal. For the price of power may well be higher than even Florentyna Kane can pay.
Jeffrey Archer - A Quiver Full of Arrows
	A Quiver Full of Arrows ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1993 The bestselling author of Kane & Abel, The Prodigal Daughter and Honor Among Thieves once again astonishes, delights, and electrifies his legion of fans. From London to China, and New York to Nigeria, Jeffrey Archer takes the reader on a tour of ancient heirlooms and modern romance, of cutthroat business and kindly strangers, of lives lived in the realms of power and lives freed from the gloom of oppression. Fortunes are made and squandered, honor betrayed and redeemed, and love lost and rediscovered. Embracing the passions that drive men and women to love and to hate, A Quiver Full of Arrows will captivate the hearts and souls of readers everywhere.
Jeffrey Archer - Selected Stories
	Selected Stories [UNABRIDGED] ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer, Martin Jarvis (Performer) / Audio Cassette / Published 1998 Taken from Archer's "A Twist in the Tale" and "A Quiver of Arrows", these stories range from heart-stopping tales of political power and international intrigue to spicy stories of exotic romance and suspense. Recorded for the first time, here is the crème de la crème from this master storyteller and international bestselling novelist.
Jeffrey Archer - Shall We Tell the President?
	Shall We Tell the President? ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1999 Jeffrey Archer's popular heroine, Florentyna Kane, can do just about anything. Relinquishing her inheritance to marry the man she loved, she went on to build her own business empire, and capped it off by getting herself elected president of the United States. Now the question is: can she stay alive? Enter FBI Agent Mark Andrews. With just six days to locate a would-be assassin, he's feeling the heat. And it doesn't help that the woman he's fallen in love with is the daughter of the prime suspect in the case--a senator who's at the center of a terrifyingly widespread conspiracy.
Jeffrey Archer - Twelve Red Herrings
	Twelve Red Herrings ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1995 Here, from the world's greatest storyteller, Jeffrey Archer, are twelve ingeniously plotted stories that display his renowned ability for the unpredictable, but wholly satisfying, twist. Even more inventive than his previous bestselling short story collections, Twelve Red Herrings contains a dozen startling tales, each of which makes use of misleading clues to surprise the reader. You'll read about a woman who fools her husband and her lover on the same day; a leading lawyer's attempt to prove his client is not blind; an honored guest whose expectations are something more than the red carpet; a young painter who finds an unlikely way to call attention to herself; and a woman whose casual ride into the country becomes such a gauntlet of terror that by the last page you'll be shaking with fear. In each of these stories, human beings are put under pressure - how do they react when they have an opportunity to seize, a crucial problem to solve, a danger to avoid? Displaying all the Archer hallmarks, from relentless pacing to sophisticated glamour, Twelve Red Herrings offers two additional rewards. For the first time, in the final story, a choice of four endings is offered, testifying to the range of Archer's imagination and the suppleness of the writer's art. Also, there is buried in each story a diversion of another kind - let us simply call it a red herring - which Archer challenges his readers to uncover. Who will be the first to spot all twelve?
Jeffrey Archer - A Twist in the Tale
	A Twist in the Tale ~ Usually ships in 24 hours Jeffrey Archer / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1994 No one can weave a web of suspense, deliver a jolt of surprise, or teach a lesson in living like bestselling author Jeffrey Archer. From Africa to the Middle East, and from London to Beijing, Archer takes us to places we've never seen and introduces us to people we will never forget. Meet the philandering husband who thinks he's committed the perfect murder; the self-assured chess champion who plays a beautiful woman for stakes far higher than cash; and the finance minister who needs to crack the secrets of a Swiss bank. Jeffrey Archer's collection of twelve spellbinding stories will sweep you on a journey of thwarted ambition, undying passion, and unswerving honor that you'll never forget.

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