Jeffrey Archer has died suddenly and peacefully at home aged 86, HarperCollins has announced.
The best-selling novelist passed away ‘between writing sessions’ just a day before the scheduled release of his new book Adam And Eve, the publisher added.
His novels have sold more than 300million copies in 115 countries. He leaves his wife Dame Mary, 81, an eminent scientist, and sons William, 54, and James, 52 – and five young grandchildren.
Lord Archer was the MP for Louth between 1969 and 1974 and later entered the House of Lords in 1992 after being made a life peer by Sir John Major.
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