(Ebook) Act Of Oblivion by Robert Harris ISBN 9781529151756, 1529151759

(Ebook) Act Of Oblivion by Robert Harris ISBN 9781529151756, 1529151759

 '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. General Edward Whalley and Colonel William Goffe, Father and Son-In-Law, are both forced into leaving everything they love behind them as they cross over the Atlantic ocean together. They are both on the run and are fleeing for their very lives after having a royal warrant sworn out against them for their actions - the murder of Charles I. Under the provisions of the legal decree known as 'The Act of Oblivion', they have been found guilty in absentia for acts of high treason against the Crown - for which there is only one sentence. In London, Richard Nayler, secretary of the regicide committee of the Privy Council, is tasked with tracking down the newly fled fugitives. He'll stop at nothing until both men are brought to face justice before the Crown, and their lawful sentence is carried out.  To aid in his efforts the Crown has now placed a reward of £100 upon each of the men - for their capture or proof of death. Dead or Alive he is determined to fulfil the wishes of the Crown, and in furtherance of those desires he is willing to do anything and go anywhere in order to do so.Inspired by a true story, the new Robert Harris novel ACT OF OBLIVION, tells the story of an epic journey across oceans and continents, as it describes a chase like no other in British history. Robert Harris is the Author of Fourteen bestselling Penguin Books Novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy (which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction), Conclave, Munich, The Second Sleep and V2. Several of his books have been filmed and his work has been translated into forty different languages.