Archangel by Robert Harris - ISBN: 9780099527930
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Stalin’s secret notebook unleashes a terrifying past in Russia.

Archangel

From the Sunday Times bestselling author

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  • Paperback

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    1 October 2009

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Summary

With Archangel, Robert Harris confirms his position as Britain’s pre-eminent literary thriller writer. The Times

He has a talent for heart-poundingly tense story-telling, and an ability to conjure up atmospheres almost palpable with menace. Sunday Times

When historian Fluke Kelso learns of the existence of a secret notebook belonging to Josef Stalin he is determined to track it down, whatever the consequences. From the violent political intrigue and decadence of modern Moscow …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099527930
ISBN-10:0099527936
Author:Robert Harris
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Arrow Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:448
Release Date:1 October 2009
Weight:310g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 29mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Praise for ENIGMA “Elegant, atmospheric … a tense and thoughtful thriller.”

The best thriller for years * Sunday Telegraph *
His best yet: a fast paced thriller, pulsing with suspense, that surpasses even the expertly handled tensions and twists of Fatherland * Sunday Times *
Robert Harris confirms his position as Britain’s pre-eminent literary thriller writer with Archangel * The Times *
A really gripping narrative, full of suspense and unexpected turns, which will keep you hooked until the climax on its final page… I have never read a thriller based in Russia which has such an authentic feel * Evening Standard *
Archangel is Harris’s strongest book yet, confirming him as the leading current exponent of the intelligent literary thriller * The Times *
As the suspense builds, the reader needs to turn the pages ever faster… with Harris’s controlling foot on the narrative pedal, the reader has no choice but to ride, enthralled, towards the plunging abyss * Observer *
I remained immersed in this marvellous book until its culmination arrived with depressing swiftness…Readers of Archangel are in for an exciting ride. They will also learn a lot * Literary Review *
Nerve tingling… nobody is more adept… a talent for heart-poundingly tense story-telling and an ability to conjure up atmospheres almost palpable with menace * Sunday Times *

About The Author

Robert Harris

Robert Harris is the author of sixteen 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, The Second Sleep, V2, Act of Oblivion and Precipice. His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.

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