Jeffrey Archer of Archer's character at the end of each performance. The perjury trial began on 30 May 2001, a month after Monica Coghlan's death in a road traffic accident. Ted Francis claimed that Archer had asked him to provide a false alibi for the night Archer was alleged to have been with Monica Coghlan. Angela Peppiatt, Archer's former personal assistant, also claimed Archer had fabricated an alibi in the 1987 trial. Peppiatt had kept a diary of Archer's movements, which contradicted evidence given during the 1987 trial. Andrina Colquhoun, Archer's former mistress, confirmed that they had been having an affair in
This Was a Man (Jeffrey Archer) on "The New York Times" Bestseller List in late 2016. The Real Book Spy website really liked this book, saying, "There isn’t a better storyteller alive than Mr. Archer, and "This Was A Man" is his finest work to date." A book review by Stephanie Jones in "The Coast" website said "while Archer aficionados are likely to be sated, readers seeking a more engrossing and rewarding multipart epic might turn to" a couple of series of other contemporary authors. This Was a Man (Jeffrey Archer) This Was a Man is the seventh and final novel in Jeffrey Archer's Clifton Chronicles.