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1. fivebooks.com › category › fictionHistorical Fiction Recommended by Historians - Five Books ...

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   6 days ago · If you like history, Robert Harris is one of the best historical novelists around. Pompeii (about the eruption of Vesuvius), An Officer and A Spy (about the Dreyfus Affair), even Archangel (set in Soviet Russia) are fabulous thrillers that bring the past alive.

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2. reviews.history.ac.uk › review › 1174Telling ghost stories | Reviews in History

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   Jun 16, 2024 · In this multitude of ghost raconteurs novelist Robert Harris stands tall. With scientific aid and comfort from two of the world’s foremost British Pompeianists, archaeologist Andrew Wallace-Hadrill and classicist Mary Beard, both of Cambridge, Harris wrote the novel Pompeii, published by Random House in 2003. Its enormous popular success ...

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     Exclusive Video! Robert Harris Reveals his Favourite Book of the Past 225 Years

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     Robert Harris discusses his latest book 'Act of Oblivion' with Roger Mosey

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4. malwarwickonbooks.com › excellent-standalone-mysteries20 excellent standalone mysteries and thrillers | Mal Warwick ...

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   Jun 11, 2024 · By Robert Harris. An Officer and a Spy – The Dreyfus Affair, reenacted in a suspenseful spy novel. The Fear Index – A taut thriller about the world of multibillion-dollar hedge funds. Munich – Why Neville Chamberlain went to Munich. V-2—A WWII thriller about Nazi “vengeance weapons”

5. www.stagetext.org › whats-on › robert-harrisRobert Harris: Scandalous Notes - Stagetext

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   4 days ago · A prime minister writes obsessively to the young women he’s infatuated with, sharing the most sensitive matters of state. Precipice, by multi award-winning author of multiple bestsellers, Robert Harris, is set in 1914 and tells the thrilling story of an affair with history-altering implications.

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7. www.elystandard.co.uk › news › 24427193Robert Harris coming to Toppings Ely for new book Precipice

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   5 days ago · An award-winning novelist is coming to Ely in August for the launch of his latest novel, Precipice. Robert Harris, who is perhaps best known for his World War Two novel, Fatherland, will be at Toppings books on August 28 from 7:30pm.

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   Jun 21, 2024 · Wells and springs are failing, a man has disappeared, and now the greatest aqueduct in the world - the mighty Aqua Augusta - has suddenly ceased to flow-Through the eyes of four characters - a young engineer, an adolescent girl, a corrupt millionaire and an elderly scientist - Robert Harris brilliantly recreates a luxurious world on the brink ...

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   Who is Robert Harris?

   • Robert Harris was an influential journalist and BBC reporter before he turned to writing fiction. His close friends have included Peter Mandelson and Roy Jenkins, and most of his ancient Roman politicians resemble figures in contemporary British politics. He has a pitch-perfect ear for class snobbery, hypocrisy, parliamentary posturing and bluster.

   Dictator by Robert Harris review – a flawed but thrilling

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   How many books does Robert Harris write?

   • 288 pages, Kindle Edition First published September 22, 2016 ROBERT HARRIS is the author of nine best-selling novels: Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, Imperium, The Ghost Writer, Conspirata, The Fear Index, and An Officer and a Spy. Several of his books have been adapted to film, most recently The Ghost Writer, directed by Roman Polanski.

   Conclave by Robert Harris | Goodreads

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   When was the first Robert Harris book published?

   • In 1992, the first Robert Harris book, Fatherland, was published by Random House, and it became an instant success. Fatherland is set in an alternate world, a parallel world where Germany, in fact, won WWII. The book became so successful that Harris was soon able to become a full time author and retire from journalism for good.

   Robert Harris Book List - Books Reading Order

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   Is Robert Harris a good writer?

   • Harris . . . is a fearless writer. The Second Sleep races along at breakneck speed. The prose is pure, elegant, never tricky and his imagination knows no bounds. ― Daily Express It is a strange premise for a thriller, but Robert Harris is such a wily old hand that it is a pleasure to accompany him on his time travels. ― Mail on Sunday

   The Second Sleep: the Sunday Times #1 bestselling novel

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10. www.bbc.co.uk › sounds › playBeing Roman with Mary Beard - 12. The Wolf of Via Vesuvio ...

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    Jun 11, 2024 · Being Roman with Mary Beard. 12. The Wolf of Via Vesuvio. Released On: 11 Jun 2024. Available for over a year. Mary joins novelist Robert Harris to uncover the story of a Pompeii hustler. Read...