BEST-selling author and former politician Jeffrey Archer will be the guest speaker at an Isle of Man Sporting and Dining Club black-tie dinner later this year.
He will be appearing at the Mount Murray Hotel and Country Club in Santon on Thursday, April 26.
The HSBC sponsored event is called 'Up close and personal with Jeffrey Archer: A private encounter with the man, his books and his life'.
Jeffrey Archer has sold more than 270 million copies of his books in 97 countries and is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction, short stories and non-fiction.
His next novel, The Sins of the Father, is volume two of a five book saga called The Clifton Chronicles and is due to be published in March this year.
Jeffrey served five years in the House of Commons and 19 in the House of Lords. He acted as deputy chairman of the Conservative Party from September 1985 until November 1986 and was made a Life Peer in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 1992.
In 1999 he was charged with perjury and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and was sentenced to four years' imprisonment. He was released in July 2003 after serving two years.
An avid art collector and amateur auctioneer, Jeffrey has been married for 46 years to Dr Mary Archer, chairman of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
A charity raffle will be held during the dinner with all funds raised being donated to a local charity selected by HSBC.
At the last Sporting and Dining Club dinner of 2011, at which the guest speaker was Michelle Mone, £920 was raised for the Friends of Chernobyl's Children (IoM).
Tickets for the Jeffrey Archer event are £65 for members and £75 for non-members and are available by ringing 07624 495749 or by emailing john@sportinganddiningclub.com
Senior Manager at HSBC in the Isle of Man Kevin Cartledge said: "The calibre of speakers at the Sporting and Dining Club's dinners continues to get stronger and stronger and I am sure that many people will be keen to come and hear from Jeffrey Archer, one of the most recognisable political characters and prolific story tellers of our day.
"Having recently announced that over £30,000 has been raised for local charities through these dinners since they began in 2006, I'm looking forward to seeing that total increase significantly this year."
John Wannenburgh of the Sporting and Dining Club added: "There's no doubt that Jeffrey Archer will attract huge interest from islanders and that this will prove to be a popular event, so I would encourage people to book their seats early.
"Jeffrey can draw on an extraordinarily broad range of experiences, achievements and interests for what promises to be a fascinating, enlightening and highly entertaining dinner."
Entrepreneur and Dragon's Den star Hilary Devey will be the guest speaker at the IoM Sporting and Dining Club's first event of 2012 on Thursday, January 26 at the Mount Murray Hotel and Country Club.
