It is cold at six-forty in the morning on a March day in Paris, and seems even colder when a man is about to be executed by firing squad.

It was made into a film of the same name. He is an occasional radio broadcaster on political issues and has also written for newspapers throughout his career including a weekly page in the Daily Express. He is Patron of Better Off Out an organisation calling for Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.

Frederick Forsyth CBE (born 25 August 1938) is an English author and occasional political commentator.