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Act of Oblivion

  • Act of Oblivion

  • FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF V2 AND MUNICH

    'A master storyteller'     Observer

    '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. Colonel Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, Colonel William Goffe, 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 Council, is tasked with tracking down the fugitives. He'll stop at nothing until the two men are brought to justice. A reward hangs over their heads - for their capture, dead or alive.

    Act of Oblivion is an epic journey across continents, and a chase like no other. It is the thrilling new novel by Robert Harris.

    '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

RELEASED 01/09/2022

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Extracts

First read: an exclusive extract from Robert Harris's Act of Oblivion

In September, Robert Harris will release his long awaited novel Act of Oblivion. Today, we’re revealing the book’s cover above, as well as an exclusive extract of its opening chapter, in which a band of fugitives arrive in 17th-century America with a murderous secret…
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Events

Robert Harris In Conversation with Jon Snow, 16th September
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Features

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Author Robert Harris discusses his latest novel, Munich.
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Conclave by Robert Harris

The master of the political thriller strikes again in this tense story of a papal power struggle
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Robert Harris on Conclave

Politics, power and popes – what is Conclave? Author Robert Harris discusses his latest thrilling novel: 'In a way, it almost felt to me the perfect story'
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Podcasts

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Author Robert Harris joins Richard E. Grant in the Penguin studio to talk about his latest novel, Conclave
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Extracts

Dictator by Robert Harris

Read an extract from Harris' latest novel, an intimate portrait of the brilliant yet flawed Cicero which begins with his exile

Robert Harris is the author of fourteen 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 and V2. 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.

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