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Fatherland is set in an alternative world where Hitler has won the Second World War. And, with the Gestapo just one step behind, March, together with an American journalist, is caught up in a race to discover and reveal the truth - a truth that has already killed, a truth that could topple governments, a truth that will change history.

Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election.________________Munich, Robert Harris's new spy thriller set in the days leading up to World War II, is available now.________________`Unputdownable' Guardian `Gripping' Sunday Times

The year is 63 BC. In an age of political titans, Cicero stands supreme: the senior consul of the Roman republic. But jealous rivals are determined to destroy him and seize control of the state. To thwart them will take all his guile - and will lead him, and Rome, to the brink of destruction.

Engineer Marcus Attilius Primus has taken charge of the Aqua Augusta, the aqueduct which brings water to a quarter of a million people. His predecessor has disappeared. When a crisis strikes the Augusta's main line, Attilus discovers that there are forces which even the Roman Empire can't control.

It's spring 1983. It seemed that one of the most startling discoveries of the century had been made, and that one of the world's most sought after documents had finally come to light, the private diaries of Adolf Hitler. What followed was the exchange of extraordinary sums of money for world-wide publishing rights. But that was just the beginning.

`Laws are silent in times of war.' Cicero There was a time when Cicero held Caesar's life in the palm of his hand. Exiled, separated from his wife and children, his possessions confiscated, his life constantly in danger, Cicero is tormented by the knowledge that he has sacrificed power for the sake of his principles.

Paris, 1895: an army officer, Georges Picquart, watches a convicted spy, Alfred Dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of a baying crowd. Dreyfus is exiled for life to Devil's Island; Picquart is promoted to run the intelligence unit that tracked him down.

The ghost soon discovers that his distinguished new client has secrets in his past that are returning to haunt him - secrets with the power to kill.Robert Harris is once again at his gripping best with the most controversial new thriller of the decade.

The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals. Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the powerful spiritual figure on earth.

First published in 1992, Crime, Criminal Justice and the Probation Service is a thought-provoking analysis of the role of the probation service in developing an integrated system of criminal justice. Robert Harris provides readable information about our knowledge of such areas as criminal statistics, victims, fear of crime and crime prevention. He also explores the treatment of women and ethnic minorities by the criminal justice system, the question of a sentencing council and the future of community corrections. A central theme is that all the professionals involved in the criminal justice system must work more closely together so that the mistakes of the past can be avoided in the future. The book therefore has a wide appeal not only to probation officers and social workers, but also to criminal justice professionals and administrators, including the police and the legal profession.

The world outside America's borders is a dangerous place. In fact, it's almost as dangerous as the world INside America's borders!This book chronicles all the times Louisiana-born Texas transplant Robert Harris learned that the hard way in his ten-year sojourn abroad. From cluelessly sipping cobra venom with Chinese gangsters in Guangdong Province to nearly losing his leg in a Beijing hospital, from courting a Russian ex-model to fighting against the Russian army, and from scratching out a living as a freelance tutor in Shanghai to owning a private school in Kharkiv, this rags-to-riches-and-back-again memoir takes aim at more than one country's pretensions of grandeur and is not shy about pointing out that there are emperors on both sides of the Pacific who have no clothes. Like the expat life it depicts, it is filled with shenanigans punctuated by moments of sheer terror, and features the constantly-rotating cast of misfits and oddballs one only encounters in the semi-nomadic life of those who have bid their homeland farewell.In the end, when the laughter dies away, it dares the reader to ask the same question that the author confronted. "Is America really 'The Greatest Nation on Earth' as we've all been taught?"

From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbinding historical novel that brilliantly imagines one of the greatest manhunts in history: the search for two Englishmen involved in the killing of King Charles I and the implacable foe on their trail--an epic journey into the wilds of seventeeth-century New England, and a chase like no other.'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 England. General Edward Whalley and his son-in law Colonel William Goffe board a ship bound for the New World. They are on the run, wanted for the murder of King Charles I--a brazen execution that marked the culmination of the English Civil War, in which parliamentarians successfully battled royalists for control.But now, ten years after Charles' beheading, the royalists have returned to power. Under the provisions of the Act of Oblivion, the fifty-nine men who signed the king's death warrant and participated in his execution have been found guilty in absentia of high treason. Some of the Roundheads, including Oliver Cromwell, are already dead. Others have been captured, hung, drawn, and quartered. A few are imprisoned for life. But two have escaped to America by boat.In London, Richard Nayler, secretary of the regicide committee of the Privy Council, is charged with bringing the traitors to justice and he will stop at nothing to find them. A substantial bounty hangs over their heads for their capture--dead or alive. . . .Robert Harris's first historical novel set predominantly in America, Act of Oblivion is a novel with an urgent narrative, remarkable characters, and an epic true story to tell of religion, vengeance, and power--and the costs to those who wield it.

Act of Oblivion is a gripping novel from the acclaimed author, Robert Harris. Published by Random House UK Ltd in 2023, this book is a must-read for all fans of the genre. The story unfolds with a sense of mystery and suspense that keeps the reader on the edge of their seat from the first page to the last. Harris' storytelling prowess is on full display in this book, as he weaves a tale that is both captivating and thought-provoking. Whether you're a long-time fan of Robert Harris or new to his work, Act of Oblivion is a book that you won't want to miss. So, pick up your copy today and dive into the world of Act of Oblivion, another masterpiece from the house of Random House UK Ltd.

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England, 1468. Den unge presten Christopher Fairfax er sendt til den avsidesliggende landsbyen Addicott St George for å holde begravelsen til landsbypresten, far Lacy. Området er fullt av gjenstander fra fortiden, mynter, glassfragmenter, menneskelige bein, som far Lacy har samlet. Kan hans besettelse av fortiden ha ledet til hans død?Fairfax er fast bestemt på å finne ut sannheten. I løpet av de neste seks dagene vil alt han tenkte, om seg selv og om verden omkring seg, bli satt på prøve.Den andre søvnen utforsker, uten å forkynne, den moderne sivilisasjonens fart mot sin egen undergang. Med sin fengslende fortellerevne og sine inngående karakterbeskrivelser skaper Harris med dystopisk skarphet en svært konseptuell, post-apokalyptisk thriller som maner til ettertanke.

Fluke Kelso er på en konferanse i Moskva da han får høre av Rapu Rapava at Stalin skal ha etterlatt seg en hemmelig dagbok. Han blir nysgjerrig, og får bekreftet sakens brennbarhet da Rapava blir myrdet. Kelso kjører til Arkhangelsk for å lete etter en sønn av Stalin, og den brysomme journalisten Vladimir Mamatov tvinger seg med på reisen. Han er farlig, og har plassert hjelpere i skogene ved Arkhangelsk. I isnende kulde og dyp snø utløses historiens rasende klimaks, med en besatt eneboer som farligste motstander.

Den amerikanske fysikeren Alex Hoffman bruker et revolusjonerende system av algoritmer for å handle i verdens finansmarkeder. Hans hedgefond gir svært god avkastning, og ingen av hans rivaler skjønner hvordan han får det til. Ei natt oppdager Hoffman en inntrenger i sitt strengt bevoktede hjem, og nå begynner Hoffmans desperate kamp for å finne ut hvem som forsøker å ødelegge ham.

Fra en av verdens mestselgende thrillerforfattere, Robert Harris, forfatter av den kritikerroste Fedreland og Cicero-trilogien, kommer München, en helstøpt spionthriller om bedrag og troskap, lojalitet og svik, satt mot bakteppet av den skjebnefulle München-konferansen i september 1938.Hugh Legat er en fremadstormende stjerne i britisk diplomati, og statsminister Neville Chamberlains private sekretær. Paul von Hartmann jobber i det tyske utenriksdepartementet - og er hemmelig medlem av anti-Hitler motstanden. Legat og Hartman var omgangsvenner på Oxford på 1920-tallet, men har ikke hatt kontakt siden. Når Hugh, i følge med Chamberlain, flyr fra London til München, og Hartmann reiser på Hitlers nattog fra Berlin, blir deres veier satt på en katastrofal kollisjonskurs. Her er faktiske hendelser av historisk betydning - med Hitler, Chamberlain, Mussolini, Daladier - i hjertet av en gripende og altoppslukende roman det er umulig å legge fra seg.

Robert Harris' ellevte roman, Konklave, er et psykologisk portrett av makt, korrupsjon, svik og skinnhellighet.Paven er død. Bak de låste dørene til Det sixtinske kapell, samles hundreogatten kardinaler fra hele verden. Under ledelse av kardinal Lomeli, som i stillhet vakler i sin gudstro, skal de hellige menn utpeke den universelle kirkens nye overhode.Men konklavet trekker ut i tid. Favoritter faller fra og ubehagelige sannheter kommer opp til overflaten. Og ingen av de tilstedeværende kan forutsi hemmeligheten som den kommende paven bærer på ..

Boken handler om en profesjonell ghostwriter som begår en fatal feil i det han sier ja til å skrive memoarene til Storbritannias nylig avgåtte statsminister. Hans forgjenger på prosjektet døde under mistenkelige omstendigheter, og den sjarmerende eks-statsministeren viser seg å bære på mørke hemmeligheter med storpolitisk betydning og dødelige konsekvenser.

Langs hele Napoli-kysten slapper romerrikets velstående innbyggere av i sine luksuriøse palasser i sommervarmen. Verdens største marineflåte ligger fredfylt utenfor Misenum og turistene bruker pengene sine i kystbyene Baiae, Herculaneum og Pompeii. Bare den unge ingeniøren Marcus Attilus Primus er bekymret. Han har nettopp fått ansvaret for den enorme vannanlegget, Aqua Augusta, som fungerer som vannkilde til en kvart million innbyggere langs kysten. Forgjengeren hans er sporløst borte og det viser seg at det er fare for at akvedukten vil løpe tørr om kort tid. Attilus har lovet Pliny, øverste leder for marinen at han vet hvor problemet er og at han kan reparere skaden før vannkilden blir tom. Ettersom han beveger seg mot vulkanen Vesuv oppdager han noe som ingen mennesker kan kontrollere.

I have always been a fan of history, especially military history. However, I have found that the military history of African Americans in the defense of America has had very little written about it, and in some cases, their deeds and accomplishment were completely omitted. This book is a brief look at some of their accomplishments. Americans of every race should remember and take pride in the courage of Crispus Attucks at the Boston Massacre, the bravery of Peter Salem at the Battle of Bunker Hill, the unselfish sacrifices of John R. Fox on December 26, 1944, at the Italian village of Sommocolonia, and the heroic deed of Dorie Miller aboard the USS West Virginia on December 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor. When we remember these acts of courage, devotion to duty, and paying the ultimate sacrifice, we realize that the African American's military contributions goes far beyond digging ditches and serving meals aboard ships. It is my hope that the readers of this book will be encouraged to explore more information on America's history. America's history includes all Americans.