Jeffrey Archer, Novelist Whose Real Life Rivaled His Thrillers, Dies at 86

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Source: www.nytimes.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Left · Published: Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:34:54 GMT

In a life of achievement and disgrace, he wrote best-selling novels with themes he knew intimately: ambition, self-promotion, misbehavior and scandal.