Act of Oblivion

From the bestselling author of Conclave

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Act of Oblivion

By: Robert Harris

Narrated by: Tim McInnerny

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'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 Council, is tasked with tracking down the fugitives. He'll stop at nothing until the two men are brought to justice. A reward of £100 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.

© Robert Harris 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Robert HarrisTim McInnernyCornerstone Digital

Crime Thrillers

Historical

Mystery

Suspense

Thriller & Suspense

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Crime Thrillers Historical Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting

Critic reviews

One of Harris's most compellingly paced to date . . . it is his best since Fatherland

Act of Oblivion is a belter of a thriller. It will be compulsive reading for those who loved An Officer and a Spy, Harris's book about the Dreyfus affair. Like that novel, the research is immaculate. A chewy, morally murky slice of history is made into a thriller that twists and surprises. The characters are strong and we care about their predicament. The story stretches over continents and years, but the suspense feels as taut as if the three main characters were locked in a room with a gun.

Act of Oblivion is a fine novel about a divided nation, about invisible wounds that heal slower than visible ones . . . it feels like an important book for our particular historical moment, one that shows the power of forgiveness and the intolerable burden of long-held grudges

Harris's books are always supremely readable - he has practically trademarked the term 'master storyteller' (Alex Preston)

[Harris] writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match

A lightning-quick thriller, the tension cranked right up throughout, and Harris' 17th century New England is so real you can almost smell it (Tim Weaver, author of BLACKBIRD)

Harris (Munich) again turns a historical event into a canny page-turner. . . Harris humanizes the hunter and the hunted, and brings to life an obscure chapter in colonial American history. This further burnishes Harris's reputation as a talented author of historical suspense

Gripping . . . Thoroughly enjoyable. . . . [This} deeply researched story is the author's brilliant reimagining of real historical events, with sympathetic characters and a compelling plot

Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none (Dominic Sandbrook)

The master of the intelligent thriller

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The history is fascinating (I also read some other material to see how close to history this is - the author also relates to that in an introduction and at the end). I enjoyed that it is a different period from much of the historical fiction I listen to. The story is engaging and the performance is superb. I highly recommend this to anyone who likes historical fiction.