IN THE HUNT FOR A SPY, HE EXPOSED A CONSPIRACY. The winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2014, this is a gripping historical thriller from Robert Harris - Sunday Times bestselling author of Fatherland and The Ghost.
Robert Harris is the author of fifteen 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 and Act of Oblivion. 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.
The fact that this novel is seriously riveting is a testament to
Robert Harris's storytelling power; he conjures knuckle-blanching
suspense from a very well-known piece of history.
*The Times*
Harris’ retelling of the Dreyfus case is as taut and exciting as
anything by Forsyth or Follet.
*Guardian*
Menace and suspense twist tight in a narrative of tremendous
tension.
*Sunday Times*
Superb . . . Harris demonstrates his unique ability to recreate
historical events and turn them into spellbinding thriller . . .
Written with scalpel-like precision and the elegance we expect of
Harris, there is a passion here that justifies calling it a
masterpiece.
*Daily Mail*
A brilliant retelling of a scandal that became one of the most
famous miscarriages of justice . . . the most gripping book I've
read this year.
*Mail on Sunday*
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