“Jeffrey Archer, the best-selling author and member of the House of Lords who is one of Britain’s most colorful political figures, was last year alleged to have perjured himself in a past court case. He was forced to give up his candidacy to become London’s mayor and was thrown out of the Conservative party in disgrace. Did this most self-confident of public figures give in to despair and seclusion? Not Archer. In a move that seems defiant even by his famously bullheaded standards, Archer fell back upon the power of the pen. He has written ‘The Accused’, a courtroom drama in which a man played by Archer himself is accused of murdering his wife.” – Time Europe