Robert Harris - Author

Robert Harris is an English TV reporter and author, born in 1957 in the city of Nottingham. He attended King Edward VII College, where there is now a hall named after him. As an undergraduate student, he read History at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he was both President of the Cambridge Union and editor of the student newspaper Varsity. He currently lives in Berkshire, England. He is the brother-in-law of British novelist and essayist, Nick Hornby. He is most famous for his successful novels, which are usually thrillers: Fatherland (1992), Enigma (1995), Archangel (1999), Pompeii (2003), and Imperium (2006), due to be published in the UK in September. Robert Harris has also written the following non-fictional books: Good and Faithful Servant, Selling Hitler, which tells the story of the fraudulent Hitler Diaries, The Making of Neil Kinnock Gotcha! The Government, The Media and the Falklands Crisis, and A Higher Form of Killing (with Jeremy Paxman). Robert Harris has appeared on BBC panel game â€˜Have I Got News for Youâ€™ recently.

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Pompeii
Robert Harris
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 warnings...
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Format: Paperback | Released 27/09/2004 Info Extract Buy

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