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In The Hunt For A Spy, he exposed a conspiracy. It is a gripping historical thriller from Robert Harris, Sunday Times bestselling author of Fatherland and The Ghost. Paris, 1895: an army officer, Georges Picquart, watches a convicted spy, Alfred Dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of a baying crowd. Dreyfus is exiled for life to Devil's Island; Picquart is promoted to run the intelligence unit that tracked him down. But when Picquart discovers that secrets are still being handed over to the Germans, he is drawn into a dangerous labyrinth of deceit and corruption that threatens not just his honour but his life...

El esperado volumen final de Robert Harris Cicero Trilogy, "Dictador" abarca algunos de los acontecimientos más épicos de la historia de la humanidad: el colapso de la república rom

El aclamado autor de Pompeya y maestro de la innovaci#n en la ficci#n hist#rica cautiva con su "Trilog#a de Cicer#n", que arranca con Imperium y que est# ambientada en la Roma antigua, una #poca de traiciones e intrigas pol#ticas, tan alejada de la nuestra y, sin embargo, tan cercana. Un hombre de principios, apasionado e idealista, en un mundo dominado por la corrupci#n, los intereses econ#micos y la falta de escr#pulos de los pol#ticos. La tit#nica lucha de Cicer#n, el mayor orador de la historia, por conseguir el poder en Roma. Roma, siglo I a.C. Cuando una fr#a ma#ana de noviembre, Tiro, el secretario y confidente de Cicer#n, abre la puerta a un aterrorizado habitante de Sicilia, v#ctima del corrupto gobernador de la isla, no sabe que acaba de desencadenar una de las disputas judiciales m#s apasionantes de la historia. Una confrontaci#n que fue mucho m#s all# de la justicia y que tuvo consecuencias hist#ricas para la Rep#blica, porque desencaden# un torbellino de conspiraciones en el que, por su af#n por conseguir el imperium, el poder supremo del Estado, se vio inmerso Cicer#n. Rese#a:"En manos de Harris el juego m#s complejo se reviste de belleza."The Times

Roma, siglo I a.C.Ambición, traiciones e intrigas políticas marcan la apasionante lucha por el poder entre Cicerón, el cónsul, y su príncipe opositor, un joven líder populista llamado Julio César.Segunda entrega de la gran Trilogia de Ciceron de Robert Harris.Año 63 a.C. Ciceron ha sido nombrado consul de Roma, el cargo mas alto de la Republica, tras una ascension turbulenta hasta la cima del poder que le ha granjeado los peores enemigos. Asi, su politica se ve condicionada por las intrigas y conspiraciones a su alrededor, que convierten la capital del Imperio en un verdadero laberinto de poder.En semejante escenario, Ciceron debe enfrentarse a Julio Cesar, un joven lider que busca el favor del vulgo, y a Catilina, un personaje sibilino, conspirador y maquiavelico. Son años de disputas, complots y ambiciones desmedidas que marcaran el rumbo de Roma e inscribiran el nombre de sus protagonistas en la Historia.Una novela brillante que ilumina una epoca de conjuras e intrigas politicas que supondran el declive de la Republica romana.Conspiracion recrea de forma magistral la vida de Ciceron, uno de los personajes mas fascinantes de la antigua Roma, y consagra a Robert Harris como una de las figuras mas destacadas de la ficcion historica.Reseñas:Pocas veces se ha evocado la Republica de Roma, con toda su grandeza y corrupcion, de una manera tan viva como en la novela de Robert Harris.The TimesUna novela emocionante y provocadora.The SpectatorLa version de Robert Harris de la deslumbrante figura de Ciceron es de una riqueza y un entretenimiento admirables.The GuardianUn homenaje no solo a unos acontecimientos extraordinarios, sino tambien a las habilidades narrativas de un maestro artesano.The ObserverDos de las grandes virtudes de Robert Harris son la minuciosidad y el absoluto dominio de los periodos historicos mas complejos.The Independent

The concluding part of the Cicero Trilogy that began with Imperium, from the No. 1 bestselling author of Fatherland, An officer and a Spy, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii and The Ghost.Aged 48, Marcus Cicero, the greatest orator of his time, is to all appearances a broken man. Out of power, exiled to the eastern Mediterranean with his faithful secretary, Tiro, separated from his wife and children, his possessions confiscated, he spends his days tormented by his failure.But, to quote one of his own famous aphorisms: 'while there's life there's hope'. By promising to support his political enemy, Caesar, he manages to win his return to Italy. Once home, he gradually fights his way back: first in the law courts, then in the senate, and finally by the power of his pen, until at last, for one brief and glorious period, he is once again the dominant figure in Rome.The long-awaited final volume of Robert Harris's Cicero Trilogy, Dictator encompasses some of the most epic events in human history: the collapse of the Roman republic, the subsequent civil war, the murder of Pompey and the assassination of Julius Caesar. Its theme, however, is timeless: how is political freedom to be safeguarded against the triple threats of unscrupulous personal ambition, of an electoral system dominated by vested financial interests, and of the corrupting impact of waging ceaseless foreign wars?But above all, it is the very human figure of Cicero, beset by family problems, which makes the story so compelling: brilliant, flawed, frequently fearful and yet ultimately brave -- a hero for his time, and for ours.

The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and twenty Cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals. Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.

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SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. "Unputdownable." (Guardian). "Gripping." (Sunday Times). The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals. Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FATHERLAND, CONCLAVE AND AN OFFICER AND A SPY. September 1938 Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the peace. The issue is to be decided in a city that will forever afterwards be notorious for what takes place there. Munich. As Chamberlain's plane judders over the Channel and the Fuhrer's train steams relentlessly south from Berlin, two young men travel with secrets of their own. Hugh Legat is one of Chamberlain's private secretaries; Paul Hartmann a German diplomat and member of the anti-Hitler resistance. Great friends at Oxford before Hitler came to power, they haven't seen one another since they were last in Munich six years earlier. Now, as the future of Europe hangs in the balance, their paths are destined to cross again. When the stakes are this high, who are you willing to betray? Your friends, your family, your country or your conscience?

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THE LATEST NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS: chosen as a Book of the Year by The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, and ExpressWHAT IF YOUR FUTURE LIES IN THE PAST?_____________________________________'One word: wonderful. Two words: compulsive reading. Three words: buy it tomorrow. Four words: tonight, if possible.' STEPHEN KING'A thoroughly absorbing, page-turning narrative.' SUNDAY TIMES'Genuinely thrilling.' DAILY TELEGRAPH_____________________________________Dusk is gathering as a young priest, Christopher Fairfax, rides across a silent land.Its a crime to be out after dark, and Fairfax knows he must arrive at his destination a remote village in the wilds of Exmoor before night falls and curfew is imposed.Hes lost and hes becoming anxious as he slowly picks his way across a countryside strewn with the ancient artefacts of a civilisation that seems to have ended in cataclysm.What Fairfax cannot know is that, in the days and weeks to come, everything he believes in will be tested to destruction, as he uncovers a secret that is as dangerous as it is terrifying _____________________________________'[Harris] takes us on a thrilling ride while serving up serious food for thought.' SUNDAY EXPRESS'A truly surprising future-history thriller. Fabulous, really.' EVENING STANDARDThe books real power lies in its between-the-lines warning that our embrace of the internet represents some kind of sleepwalk into oblivion. Its a provocative, tub-thumping sci-fi of which H. G. Wells might have been proud. DAILY MAILHarris latest work intelligently warps historical fiction and tackles issues of religion, science and the apocalypse in the process. As he flexes his imagination, you will be left pondering as often as you are page-turning. HERALD'A brilliantly imaginative thriller READER'S DIGEST

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An immersive thriller set against a tense historical backdrop ... the joy is in the history as much as the story ... Once again Harris has placed the reader at the heart of a great historic event, using a small story to tell a great one.' FINANCIAL TIMES

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 of dest

Ancient Rome. 70 B.C.A city rippling with power - and with no shortage of men who would wield it... When Tiro, the confidential secretary of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events which will eventually propel his master into one of the most famous courtroom dramas in history.The stranger is a Sicilian, a victim of the island''s corrupt Roman governor, Verres. The senator is Cicero, a brilliant young lawyer and spellbinding orator, determined to attain imperium - supreme power in the state.Compellingly written in Tiro''s voice, Imperium takes us into the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics, and the quest of one man - clever, compassionate, devious, vulnerable, and above all Roman - to reach the top._________________A stunning novel of power and ambition from Robert Harris, the number one bestselling author of Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel and Pompeii.

Rome, 63 BC.In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power. Cicero is consul, Caesar his ruthless young rival, Pompey the republic''s greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath, Clodius an ambitious playboy.The stories of these real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions, their brilliance and their crimes - are all interleaved to form this epic novel. Its narrator is Tiro, a slave who serves as confidential secretary to the wily, humane, complex Cicero. He knows all his master''s secrets - a dangerous position to be in.From the discovery of a child''s mutilated body, through judicial execution and a scandalous trial, to the brutal unleashing of the Roman mob, Lustrum is a study in the timeless enticements and horrors of power.

The Pope is dead.Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and twenty Cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election.They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals.Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.

A massive terrorist attack on Arsenal's new stadium - a woman grieving for her husband and son - a unique, twisted powerhouse of a novel. Angry, funny, heart-rending and subversive, few first novels are as compelling as this one. From the first sentence of her open letter to Osama Bin Laden, Incendiary's unforgettable narrator won't let you go, and her cry of raw outrage at the murder of her family rapidly develops into something very unexpected. Part thriller, part satire, part memorial to a dead child, it shows us an East End woman trying every way she can to climb out of despair, and a society in the grip of fear and self-interest. It is a story in which everyone is compromised - where personal betrayals reflect national ones, and Britain's class system is a ticking bomb. Shocking but tender, brutal yet hopeful, Incendiary forces us to see what we'd rather not see, yet never fails to entertain. The writing moves from horror to humour with terrifying ease. The power of the storytelling is mesmerising. Few writers have pinned a generation down on the mat like this and refused to allow it up till it admits it's rotten.

Pompeji, 79 n. Chr., reichste Stadt der römischen Weltmacht, Oase der Schönen und Mächtigen: Der junge Wasserbaumeister Attilius kommt einer skrupellosen Verschwörung auf die Spur, doch seine Nachforschungen werden überschattet von den unheimlichen Vorzeichen einer drohenden Apokalypse. 12»Robert Harris ist ein Genie. Sein Roman steuert unaufhaltsam auf den spektakulären Ausbruch des Vesuv 79 n. Chr. zu. Unerhört aufregend.« The Sunday Times01Robert Harris wird 1957 in Nottingham geboren. Nach seinem Geschichtsstudium in Cambridge war er als BBC-Reporter und politischer Redakteur des Observer tätig. Die historischen Hintergründe seiner Romane recherchiert Harris als Historiker exakt. Trotzdem schreibt er keine Sachbücher: er will die Leser gleichzeitig unterhalten und informieren. Mit "Vaterland" gelangt er 1992 in die internationalen Bestsellerlisten. Robert Harris ist heute ständiger Kolumnist bei der Times. Er lebt mit seiner Frau und zwei Kindern in einem alten Pfarrhaus in Kintbury bei London.

Any 79 dC, al peu del Vesuvi. Enmig de la xafogor del mes d'agost, mentre els ciutadans privilegiats de Roma reposen a les cases d'estiueig de Pompeia, una serie d'esdeveniments insolits n'alteren la calma: els pous i les fonts es comencen a assecar, un home desapareix misteriosament, i l'Aqua Augusta, l'aqueducte que abasteix d'aigua gran part de l'Imperi roma, deixa de rajar. A mig cami del thriller i la novel·la historica, Robert Harris recrea els dies previs a l'explosio del Vesuvi. A traves dels ulls de quatre personatges, Pompeia ressegueix, amb un ritme narratiu trepidant, les darreres hores d'un mon de luxes i glamour que es troba a les portes d'una destruccio fatal. Una magnifica novel·la d'intriga, amor i brutalitat que, amb una estranya actualitat, ens mante amb l'ai al cor fins a la darrera pagina. "Pompeia es la millor novel·la que ha escrit Harris fins ara: es explosiva com l'Etna i enganxa com un thriller." Daily Telegraph.