Jeffrey Archer Dead: ‘Kane & Abel’ Author & Politician Was 86

Jeffrey Archer, the prolific British author and former politician, has died at the age of 86.

Archer’s publisher HarperCollins confirmed his death in a statement, revealing that the Kane & Abel writer died “suddenly and peacefully at home” on Monday. A cause of death was not disclosed.

Archer, a former Conservative member of parliament, sold more than 300 million books during a writing career that spanned five decades.

HarperCollins claims that Lord Archer is the only author ever to have been a #1 bestseller in fiction, short stories, and non-fiction

Archer’s work was adapted for the screen on many occasions, including the 1985 CBS miniseries based on Kane & Abel, which starred Peter Strauss as Abel Rosnovski and Sam Neill as William Lowell Kane.

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