Act of Oblivion
The Thrilling new novel from the no. 1 bestseller Robert Harris
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
20 September 2022
Summary
‘From what is it they flee?’ He took a while to reply. By the time he spoke the men had gone inside. He said quietly, ‘They killed the King.’
1660, General Edward Whalley and Colonel William Goffe, father- and son-in-law, cross the Atlantic. They are on the run and wanted for the murder of Charles I. Under the provisions of the Act of Oblivion, they have been found guilty in absentia of high treason.
In London, Richard Nayler, secretary of the regicide committee of the Privy C…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529151763 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529151767 |
| Author: | Robert Harris |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Hutchinson Heinemann |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 20 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 577g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 34mm |
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Harris’s books are always supremely readable - he has practically trademarked the term ‘master storyteller’
‘A master storyteller’ Observer
‘The king of the page-turning thriller’ i Paper
‘Harris’s cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none’ Sunday Times
‘Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match’ Financial Times
‘Harris is a master of historical fiction, a compelling author who brings to life the recent and ancient past’ TLS
About The Author
Robert Harris
Robert Harris is the author of thirteen bestselling novels- the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich and The Second Sleep. Several of his books have been filmed, including The Ghost, which was directed by Roman Polanski. His work has been translated into forty languages and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby. His next book, V2, is coming out in autumn 2020.
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