Author: robertharris
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Munich comes a WWII thriller about a German rocket engineer, a former actress turned British spy, and the Nazi rocket program.The first rocket will take five minutes to hit London. You have six minutes to stop the second.Rudi Graf is an engineer who always dreamed of sending rockets to the moon. But instead, he finds himself … of sending rockets to the moon. But instead, he finds himself working alongside Wernher von Braun, launching V2 rockets at London for the Nazis from a bleak seaside town in occupied Holland.…
A “tautly constructed, compellingly written” New York Times bestseller (Kirkus Reviews): As Chamberlain and Hitler prepare to meet in 1938 Munich, two diplomats become entangled in a web of intrigue. “Harris’s cleverness, judgment, and eye for detail are second to none” (The Sunday Times).
The best-selling author of Enigma and Fatherland turns to today’s Vatican in a ripped-from-the-headlines novel, and gives us his most ambitious, page-turning thriller yet–where the power of God is nearly equaled by the ambition of men. 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 … 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…
Based on a true story, this award-winning New York Times bestseller has been hailed as “outstanding” (USA Today). Ambitious colonel Georges Picquart investigates allegations of espionage in the French army — only to uncover a sinister plot to frame Alfred Dreyfus, a young Jewish officer.
The long-awaited final volume of the Cicero Trilogy, from a beloved bestselling author “incapable of writing an unenjoyable book” (The Wall Street Journal). At the age of forty-eight, Cicero—the greatest orator of his time—is in exile, his power sacrificed on the altar of his principles. The only way to return to Rome is to pledge his support to a charismatic and dangerous enemy: Julius Caesar. … dangerous enemy: Julius Caesar. Harnessing his political cunning, unrivalled intellect, and the sheer brilliance of his words, Cicero fights his way back to prominence. Yet no public figure is completely safeguarded against the unscrupulous…
A New York Times bestseller with over 7,800 five-star Goodreads ratings! In the first century, a Roman engineer is sent to Pompeii to repair an aqueduct — but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is looming… “Harris vividly brings to life the ancient world on the brink of unspeakable disaster” (Booklist).