Robert Harris, the bestselling novelist and author of novels such as The Ghost, Munich and V2, joins me to chat about his latest, Act of Oblivion.

We're in 1660, and Charles II has ascended to the throne. Two of his father's killers, Puritans Whalley & Goffe, are pursued in an act of vengeance. The story goes from London, to mainland Europe to the as yet largely undiscovered America.

It's the Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid of the 17th century.

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Act of Oblivion

Thomas Carlyle on Cromwell

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The Bearer Party - Aspects of History

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