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Blogs in September 2016

Conclave 28th September 2016

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...

Dictator 29th February 2016

There was a time when Cicero held Caesar’s life in the palm of his hand. But now Caesar is the dominant figure and Cicero’s life is in ruins. Exiled, separated from his wife and children, his possessions confiscated, his...

An Officer and a Spy 15th November 2014

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. Paris, 1895: an army officer,...

Pompeii 1st January 1970

A sweltering week in late August. Where better to enjoy the last days of summer than on the beautiful Bay of Naples? But even as Rome’s richest citizens relax in their villas around Pompeii and Herculaneum, there are ominous...

Lustrum 1st January 1970

Rome, with Cicero, Caesar, Pompey and Crassus – are the central playes in the quest for power. These real historicacal figures (and others, including the psychopathic Catilina) are stirred into a very heady brew by the author when the...