00:00Best-selling author and politician Lord Geoffrey Archer has died aged 86.
00:06His publisher HarperCollins said he died suddenly and peacefully at home between writing sessions.
00:12Archer sold more than 300 million books.
00:16His final novel, Adam and Eve, is due for publication on the 6th of October.
00:21Archer was a Conservative MP for five years and later a member of the House of Lords.
00:26His career was interrupted by a conviction for perjury and perverting the course of justice, and he was jailed in
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00:34He returned to the Lords, retiring in 2024.
00:39Tory ministers are among those who have paid tribute to the acclaimed novelist.
