His gripping thrillers made him one of Britain's most successful writers. But the extraordinary life of Frederick Forsyth was every bit as exciting as the novels that made his name and fortune.

Writer used his experience reporting on De Gaulle’s France to plot his thriller, and continued to draw on real-world research for subsequent bestsellers

Day of the Jackal author Frederick Forsyth has died after a brief illness at the age of 86.

British novelist and former MI6 agent died after a brief illness