{"product_id":"jeffrey-archer-stranger-than-fiction-michael-crick-1995","title":"Jeffrey Archer: Stranger Than Fiction by Michael Crick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeffrey Archer: Stranger Than Fiction (Collectible First Edition Unauthorised Biography)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Unauthorised Biography of the Novelist and Politician Jeffrey Archer, by the Journalist Michael Crick\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jeffrey Archer: Stranger Than Fiction: stranger than fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Michael Crick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hamish Hamilton, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1995\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780241133606\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0241133602\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First published 1995. Hardcover issue in dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's blue cloth boards, with a photographic dust jacket carrying a blue band and gilt lettering.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large octavo hardcover biography, 456 pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good Plus (VG+)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The plain blue cloth boards are clean, with no visible marks, and the spine is straight. The boards show no obvious wear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text block is clean and tightly bound. The pages are free of foxing and markings, and the page edges are slightly toned (cream), consistent with age.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present. The photographic jacket with blue band and gilt lettering is bright and presentable, and carries a barcode\/ISBN sticker on the back. There is a possible small mark near the top right of the front, and some fine surface scuffing to the protective film, which appears cosmetic. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover. Graded Very Good (VG).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Hamish Hamilton in London in 1995, Jeffrey Archer: Stranger Than Fiction is Michael Crick's unauthorised biography of the bestselling novelist and former politician. It is the product of extensive research and sets out to separate the public persona from the documented record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book follows Archer from his family background and his father, through his brief time as a policeman and a shoplifting arrest, to his rise as a writer and his career in politics. Paul Foot, reviewing it in the London Review of Books, praised its rigour, noting among other things Crick's exposure of a claimed qualification as no more than a correspondence course.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe back cover carries comments from public figures on Archer's charm and career, including a friend's loyal remark dated March 1995. As a well-regarded work of British political biography by a prominent broadcast journalist, it is a worthwhile collectible copy in its original dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Michael Crick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Crick, born in 1958, was educated at Manchester Grammar School and New College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford Union and edited Cherwell. He was a founder member of Channel 4 News, serving as Washington Correspondent from 1988 to 1990 and later as Political Correspondent from 2011 to 2019. At the BBC he reported for Panorama and was Political Editor of Newsnight from 2007 to 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis other books include Militant (1984), Michael Heseltine: A Biography (1997), The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson (2002), a biography of David Butler (2018) and One Party After Another, on Nigel Farage (2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJeffrey Archer biography · Michael Crick Stranger Than Fiction · unauthorised Jeffrey Archer biography · Jeffrey Archer first edition 1995 · Hamish Hamilton 1995 hardcover · British political biography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hamish Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58773988180271,"sku":"TCB-000189","price":150.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/jeffrey-archer-stranger-than-fiction91033_cover_1.jpg?v=1793704836","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/jeffrey-archer-stranger-than-fiction-michael-crick-1995","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}