{"product_id":"buy-act-of-oblivion-robert-harris-conf20260420076","title":"Act of Oblivion (Robert Harris)","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAct of Oblivion\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Author: Robert Harris \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e About Book \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Publisher: Hutchinson Heinemann (part of Penguin Random House) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Published date: 2022 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pages: 463 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e isbn: 9781529151763 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e GoodReads Rating: 4.1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e Condition \u0026amp; Size \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Size: Format C (Large Format) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book Type: Paperback \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e Condition: As New \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e Summary\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbinding historical novel that brilliant 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'From what is it they flee?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe took a while to reply. By the time he spoke the men had gone inside. He said quietly, ���They killýýý\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1660 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 Iýýýa brazen execution that marked the culmination of the English Civil War, in which parliamentarians successfully battled royalists for control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut now, ten years after Charlesýýý beheading, the royalists have returned to power. Under the provisions of the Act of Oblivion, the fifty-nine men who signed the kingýýýs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harris, Robert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42895286239309,"sku":"CONF20260420076","price":99.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/3856\/4685\/files\/9781529151763_20260311_173140.jpg?v=1776691661","url":"https:\/\/readmatter.co.za\/products\/buy-act-of-oblivion-robert-harris-conf20260420076","provider":"Readmatter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}