Publication date UK format 1/9/22 book 463 pages
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Synopsis
From 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.
My Review
This was a great historical fiction book. I have always admired Harris's style of bring true historic events to life with a few embellishments here and there. Making this story exciting to read. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. This book had a fantastic medium pace that contained some great atmosphere and tension. And plenty of unexpected events. I found it very interesting that in one American state you could only travel a few miles a day. Its is a fantastic way of learning history if you take what is said with a pinch of salt. I still feel fatherland is his best book. But this book is not far behind. I definitely recommend reading this book if you love great controversies in history. It covers a very controversial time in Britain when characters have to escape Britain to avoid being sent to death. I have always found this time in history especially in respect to Oliver Cromwell and religion.
Many thanks to the author and publishers for creating this wonderful thrilling story. I will definitely be looking out for more books by this talented author.
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