Robert Harris

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'A master storyteller' Observer Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley - aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless - is having a love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state. As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer is assigned to investigate a leak of top secret documents - and suddenly what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that will alter the course of political history. Seamlessly weaving fact and fiction in a way that no writer does better, Precipice is the thrilling new novel from Robert Harris.'The king of the page-turning thriller'i Paper'Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none' Sunday Times'Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match' Financial Times'Harris is a master of historical fiction, a compelling authorwho brings to life the recent and ancient past' TLS

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHORSummer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley – aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless – is having a love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state. As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer is assigned to investigate a leak of top secret documents – and suddenly what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that will alter the course of political history. Seamlessly weaving fact and fiction in a way that no writer does better, Precipice is the thrilling new novel from Robert Harris.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY EDWARD BERGER AND STARRING RALPH FIENNES, STANLEY TUCCI, JOHN LITHGOW, AND ISABELLA ROSSELLINI - NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD(R) FOR BEST PICTURE - The page-turning thriller set in the Vatican's secretive halls of power by the best-selling author of Enigma and Fatherland "Pulsates with intrigue. . . . Ambition, sex scandals, financial corruption and terrorism all rear their ugly heads. And Harris saves one whopper of a surprise for the final pages." --USA TodayThe pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will gather to cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men. But they are not immune to the human temptations of power and glory. And they are not above the tribalism and factionalism that consumes humanity. When all is said and done, one of them will become the most 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.

Kritiker­rosad spänningsroman om en storslagen och epokgörande jakt över kontinenterEngland 1660. Överste Edward Whalley och hans svärson William Goffe har drivits på flykt, efterlysta för avrättningen av kung Karl I tio år tidigare. I London har Richard Nayler, tjänsteman vid det brittiska kronrådet, fått uppdraget att hitta alla de 59 män som skrev på kungens dödsdom. Några av de inblandade har redan hängts eller skjutits. Ett fåtal sitter fängslade på livstid. Driven av att hitta de resterande förrädarna ger sig Nayler ut på en oförsonlig jakt. För att undvika kungamaktens hänsynslösa vedergällning dras Whalley och Goffe in i en klaustrofobisk katt-och-råtta-lek tvärs över kontinenter där de inte kan lita på någon. DE OFRÄLSTA är en intelligent och spektakulär bladvändare från Robert Harris, den historiska romanens gigant. Boken är baserad på minutiös research och skildrar såväl människans lystnad efter makt och hämnd som en av historiens största människojakter. "En av nutidens främsta thrillerförfattare. De ofrälsta är det bästa Robert Harris skrivit sedan Faderland." The Times"Det är en ljuv känsla att vara i händerna på en mästare och att se hur pusselbitarna faller på plats. De ofrälsta är en enastående roman om en splittrad nation och om osynliga sår som läker långsammare än de som syns [ ] En viktig bok för vår samtid." The Guardian

Berlin, 1964. Otnoshenija mezhdu Velikim germanskim rejkhom, raskinuvshimsja ot Rejna do Urala, i ego sopernitsej, jadernoj derzhavoj SSHA, naprjazheny do krajnosti. No Faterland s neterpeniem zhdet mirotvorcheskogo vizita - amerikanskij prezident Dzhozef Kennedi obeschal prisutstvovat na prazdnovanii dvojnogo jubileja, dvadtsatiletija pobedy Tretego rejkha i semidesjatipjatiletija Adolfa Gitlera. V ozere bliz prestizhnejshego berlinskogo prigoroda obnaruzhen trup starika. Kak tolko Ksaveru Marshu, sledovatelju kriminalnoj politsii SS, udaetsja vyjasnit, chto pogibshij - otstavnoj partijnyj funktsioner, vmeshivaetsja gestapo, prikazyvaja nemedlenno prekratit rassledovanie. Pravda slishkom opasna, ona sposobna nizvergnut pravitelstva i izmenit khod mirovoj istorii. No Marsh na svoj strakh i risk prodolzhaet rasputyvat klubok...

Burnym vydalsja v istorii Anglii semnadtsatyj vek. V 1649 godu mjatezhniki Kromvelja priljudno otrubili Karlu I golovu, a v 1660-m na prestol vzoshel syn monarkha, Karl II. Chtoby polozhit konets krugovorotu rasprav, byl prinjat zakon, darujuschij proschenie vsem uchastnikam grazhdanskoj vojny. Vsem, krome tekh, kto podpisal smertnyj prigovor korolju. Etikh ljudej presledujut, lovjat i podvergajut zhestokoj kazni. Dvoe iz nikh, predannye storonniki Kromvelja, polkovniki Edvard Uolli i Uiljam Goff, spasaja zhizn, begut na samyj kraj sveta. No dazhe tam im ne skrytsja ot pronitsatelnogo Richarda Nejlera, chinovnika Tajnogo soveta, imejuschego lichnye schety k tsareubijtsam. Vpervye na russkom!

"A galloping adventure." -- The Wall Street JournalFrom 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.

1660. Colonel Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, Colonel William Goffe, cross the Atlantic. Having been found guilty of high treason for the murder of Charles the I, they are wanted and on the run. A reward hangs over their heads - for their capture, dead or alive. 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. Act of Oblivion is an epic journey across continents, and a chase like no other.

Kritiker­rosad spänningsroman om en storslagen och epokgörande jakt över kontinenterEngland 1660. Överste Edward Whalley och hans svärson William Goffe har drivits på flykt, efterlysta för avrättningen av kung Karl I tio år tidigare. I London har Richard Nayler, tjänsteman vid det brittiska kronrådet, fått uppdraget att hitta alla de 59 män som skrev på kungens dödsdom. Några av de inblandade har redan hängts eller skjutits. Ett fåtal sitter fängslade på livstid. Driven av att hitta de resterande förrädarna ger sig Nayler ut på en oförsonlig jakt. För att undvika kungamaktens hänsynslösa vedergällning dras Whalley och Goffe in i en klaustrofobisk katt-och-råtta-lek tvärs över kontinenter där de inte kan lita på någon. DE OFRÄLSTA är en intelligent och spektakulär bladvändare från Robert Harris, den historiska romanens gigant. Boken är baserad på minutiös research och skildrar såväl människans lystnad efter makt och hämnd som en av historiens största människojakter." En av nutidens främsta thrillerförfattare. De ofrälsta är det bästa Robert Harris skrivit sedan Faderland." The Times"Det är en ljuv känsla att vara i händerna på en mästare och att se hur pusselbitarna faller på plats. De ofrälsta är en enastående roman om en splittrad nation och om osynliga sår som läker långsammare än de som syns [ ] En viktig bok för vår samtid." The Guardian

Stedet er Rom, og tiden er cirka år 60 f. Kr. Forskellige magtfulde mænd kæmper om magten i republikken. Dette er historien om virkelige historiske personer, deres alliancer og forræderi, deres grusomheder og forbrydelser. I en alder af 48 sidder Cicero, politiker, konsul og sin tids største taler, i eksil. Ved at love at støtte Cæsar - hans unge, ubarmhjertige rival - får han lov til at vende tilbage til Rom. Derfra kæmper han sig vej tilbage til indflydelse; først i retssalene, så i Senatet og siden i sine magtfulde skriverier, indtil han for en kort, men glorværdig stund er den mest fremtrædende statsmand i byen. Men ingen offentlig person, uanset hvor klog eller snu han er, kan se sig fri for at blive berørt af andres skruppelløse ambitioner og konspirationer. DIKTATOR beskriver på indlevende og spændende vis nogle af de mest skelsættende begivenheder i gammel tid: det romerske imperiums kollaps, den efterfølgende borgerkrig og mordet på Julius Cæsar. Men det evige dilemma forbliver dette: hvordan holder man politisk frihed adskilt fra personlige ambitioner, udefrakommende interesser og den altødelæggende effekt af fremmede krige. I Robert Harris’ portræt forsøger Cicero at besvare dette spørgsmål i både tanke og handling og bliver en helt i både sin egen og vor tid. Afslutningen på trilogien efter IMPERIUM og LUSTRUM. idden /title /head body center h1 403 Forbidden /h1 /center /body /html Robert Harris (f.1957) debuterede med romanen Fædrelandet i 1992 og har siden skrevet en række romaner, bl.a. Pompeji og Imperium og den politiske thriller Skyggen. Harris har bl.a. abejdet for BBC og the Observer som politisk kommentator.

Den andre søvnen av Robert Harris 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. 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.

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.