Robert Harris
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Cicero trilogy volume 3
Description
"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 life constantly in danger, Cicero is tormented by the knowledge that he has sacrificed power for the sake of his principles. His comeback requires wit, skill and courage - and for a brief and glorious period, the legendary orator...
2) Munich
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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...
3) Pompeii
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 16
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When the aqueduct that brings fresh water to thousands of people around the bay of Naples fails, Roman engineer Marius Primus heads to the slopes of Mount Vesuvius to investigate, only to come face to face with an impending catastrophe.
4) The ghost
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Dashing, captivating Adam Lang was Britain's longest-serving--and most controversial--prime minister of the last half-century, whose career ended in tatters after he sided with America in an unpopular war on terror. Now, after stepping down in disgrace, Lang is hiding out in Martha's Vineyard to finish his much sought-after, potentially explosive memoir, for which he accepted one of history's largest cash advances. But the project runs aground when...
6) Enigma
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Description
A fictional account of the desperate efforts to break the Nazi's Enigma code takes place in a British railway town, a struggle that becomes complicated by the pivotal disappearance of a beautiful cryptographer
8) Lustrum
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Pub. Date
2009
Description
The year is 63 BC. In an age of political titans, Cicero stands supreme: the senior consul of the Roman republic. But jealous rivals are determined to destroy him and seize control of the state. To thwart them will take all his guile - and will lead him, and Rome, to the brink of destruction.
Author
Pub. Date
[p2010], 2007
Description
Hired by Britain's controversial former Prime Minister Adam Lang to write his memoir, an acclaimed writer knows it's a once in a lifetime gig. Flown to Lang's secluded Martha's Vinyard estate, the writer starts his work. However, when he discovers some of Lang's shady dealings, and that Lang's last writer met an early death, the writer becomes embroiled in a cat-and-mouse game to expose his employer.
10) The ghost writer
Pub. Date
2010
Description
When a ghost writer is hired to write the memoirs of a former British prime minister, he uncovers secrets about the politician's past that could put his own life at risk.
11) Archangel
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
A British historian, finished with a conference in Moscow on the newly opened Soviet archives, is preparing to leave Russia for good, but a surprise visit from a former Soviet officer suddenly changes his mind. The officer reveals a deadly secret, one which promises to uncover Russia's most closely guarded conspiracy.
12) Archangel
Pub. Date
2006
Description
A British historian, finished with a conference in Moscow on the newly opened Soviet archives, is preparing to leave Russia for good, but a surprise visit from a former Soviet officer suddenly changes his mind. The officer reveals a deadly secret, one which promises to uncover Russia's most closely guarded conspiracy.
13) The Ghost Writer
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever. Bonus features included.
14) Enigma
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Description
Tom Jericho has been called out of retirement to join in a race to crack the Nazi's secret code, Enigma, in order to save Allied troops from a deadly German attack.
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