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Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is an English author and former politician. He was an MP and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, and prior to his conviction and imprisonment for perjury was a candidate in the 2000 race to be London Mayor.

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There has been much confusion over the details of Archer's life and there is evidence that he has exploited ambiguities or else fabricated details on many occasions - for example, he once claimed in a television interview that his father was Viceroy of Brunei, and at another time referred to him as British consul in Singapore. Not only is this untrue, but Brunei has never had a Viceroy, nor did Singapore have a British consul at the time (having been a British colony). What is most peculiar is that a man with some talent and certainly proven marketing skills felt the need to fabricate, or at very least "embroider", certain facts of his life, to the point that he became a Walter Mitty-like character.

The research conducted by Michael Crick, Archer's unofficial biographer, reveals that Archer's father, William Archer, was originally a solicitor's clerk in the East End of London, but disappeared (leaving a wife and children). Crick claims that Archer's father, upon emigrating to the United States, then fabricated a military record for himself, claiming to have served as an officer in the British Army during the First World War. His second marriage, to the American Florence Brainerd, collapsed when this fraud was revealed. William Archer, according to Crick's account, then returned to Britain in his late fifties and remarried for a third time, to Lola Cook, a much younger woman. Jeffrey Archer was a child of this marriage.

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Upto £32k on the current auction item and Jeffrey Archer says, “don't take advice, just put ur hand in the air”
JayKnox (Jay Knox) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:43:35 -0000
Upto £32k on the current auction item and Jeffrey Archer says, “don't take advice, just put ur hand in the air”
Serious auctioning going on,and a very serious budget to spend.Jeffrey archer is taking control. People have really got money to throw away
nesslondon (Vanessa Evangelista) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:34:09 -0000
Serious auctioning going on,and a very serious budget to spend.Jeffrey archer is taking control. People have really got money to throw away
@PanMacmillanAus they only sell for us in Summer or if written by Tim Winton or Jeffrey Archer
bookstreet (David Marlow) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:12:36 -0000
@PanMacmillanAus they only sell for us in Summer or if written by Tim Winton or Jeffrey Archer
kimondom: sok-sok Jeffrey Archer művéből készült minisorozatot akarok.Miért nincs?oké, volt anno 85 és 90 között. azokat is be kéne szerezni
sorozatjunkie (winnie the-pooh) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:47:47 -0000
kimondom: sok-sok Jeffrey Archer művéből készült minisorozatot akarok.Miért nincs?oké, volt anno 85 és 90 között. azokat is be kéne szerezni

 
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