Act of Oblivion: A Novel

From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbinding historical novel that brilliant imagines one of the greatest manhunts in history: the search for two Englishmen involved in the killing of King Charles I and the implacable foe on their trail--an epic journey into the wilds of seventeeth-century New England, and a chase like no other. 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 England. General Edward Whalley and his son-in law Colonel William Goffe board a ship bound for the New World. They are on the run, wanted for the murder of King Charles I--a brazen execution that marked the culmination of the English Civil War, in which parliamentarians successfully battled royalists for control. But now, ten years after Charles' beheading, the royalists have returned to power. Under the provisions of the Act of Oblivion, the fifty-nine men who signed the king's death warrant and participated in his execution have been found guilty in absentia of high treason. Some of the Roundheads, including Oliver Cromwell, are already dead. Others have been captured, hung, drawn, and quartered. A few are imprisoned for life. But two have escaped to America by boat. In London, Richard Nayler, secretary of the regicide committee of the Privy Council, is charged with bringing the traitors to justice and he will stop at nothing to find them. A substantial bounty hangs over their heads for their capture--dead or alive. . . . Robert Harris's first historical novel set predominantly in America, Act of Oblivion is a novel with an urgent narrative, remarkable characters, and an epic true story to tell of religion, vengeance, and power--and the costs to those who wield it.

Literature & Fiction

HARRIS,ROBERT

United States

Harper

From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbinding historical novel that brilliantly imagines one of the greatest manhunts in history: the search for two Englishmen involved in the killing of King Charles I and the implacable foe on their trail--an epic journey into the wilds of seventeeth-century New England, and a chase like no other. '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 England. General Edward Whalley and his son-in law Colonel William Goffe board a ship bound for the New World. They are on the run, wanted for the murder of King Charles I--a brazen execution that marked the culmination of the English Civil War, in which parliamentarians successfully battled royalists for control. But now, ten years after Charles' beheading, the royalists have returned to power. Under the provisions of the Act of Oblivion, the fifty-nine men who signed the king's death warrant and participated in his execution have been found guilty in absentia of high treason. Some of the Roundheads, including Oliver Cromwell, are already dead. Others have been captured, hung, drawn, and quartered. A few are imprisoned for life. But two have escaped to America by boat. In London, Richard Nayler, secretary of the regicide committee of the Privy Council, is charged with bringing the traitors to justice and he will stop at nothing to find them. A substantial bounty hangs over their heads for their capture--dead or alive. . . . Robert Harris's first historical novel set predominantly in America, Act of Oblivion is a novel with an urgent narrative, remarkable characters, and an epic true story to tell of religion, vengeance, and power--and the costs to those who wield it.&nbsp;

Harper Paperbacks

Precipice: A Novel

WebQuester is a series of online interactive exercises covering approximately 20 topics in Education. There are three to four Web sites per topic. These Web sites are monitored regularly to ensure they remain viable and current. Each Web site includes one to three multiple-choice questions, automatically graded by WebQuester. Each core topic includes two or three short-answer questions, and one to three essay questions to be graded by you. A 150 page Guidebook to the Web provides practical information and tips about such topics as: Searching the Web, Evaluating Information, Thinking Critically in a World of Information, and Computer Ethics. WebQuester also includes interactive figures, an interactive glossary, and additional links as a resource for further study. Introductory Web Research Exercises located on the site gives students an opportunity to practice finding their way around the Web, and to assess the quality and relevance of the material they find there before they begin using WebQuester.

Webquester a Guidebook to the Web

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Mcgraw-Hill College

WebQuester: A Guide to the Web is a resource and research tool for finding material on the World Wide Web. It provides a balanced approach that involves search techniques, evaluation skills, and ethical considerations.

WebQuester: A Guidebook to the Web

Computers & Technology

WebQuester is a series of online interactive exercises covering approximately 20 topics in Race and Ethnic Relations. There are three to four Web sites per topic. These Web sites are monitored regularly to ensure they remain viable and current. Each Web site includes one to three multiple-choice questions, automatically graded by WebQuester. Each core topic includes two or three short-answer questions, and one to three essay questions to be graded by you. A 150 page Guidebook to the Web provides practical information and tips about such topics as: Searching the Web, Evaluating Information, Thinking Critically in a World of Information, and Computer Ethics. WebQuester also includes interactive figures, an interactive glossary, and additional links as a resource for further study. Introductory Web Research Exercises located on the site gives students an opportunity to practice finding their way around the Web, and to assess the quality and relevance of the material they find there before they begin using WebQuester.

Webquester: Race and Ethnic Relations

Politics & Social Sciences

Parrillo, Vincent

Morris, Joan M.

Carey, Arlen D.

Coates, Rodney

Social Sciences

WebQuester is a series of online interactive exercises covering approximately 20 core topics in international business. There are three to four Web sites per topic. These Web sites are monitored regularly to ensure they remain viable and current. Each Web site includes one to three multiple-choice questions, automatically graded by WebQuester. Each core topic includes two or three short-answer questions, and one to three essay questions to be graded by the professor. A 150 page Guidebook to the Web provides practical information and tips about such topics as: Searching the Web, Evaluating Information, Thinking Critically in a World of Information, and Computer Ethics. Introductory Web Research Exercises located on the site give students an opportunity to practice finding their way around the Web, and to assess the quality and relevance of the material they find there before they begin using WebQuester.

WebQuester: International Business

Business & Money

Cleeton, David

International

WebQuester is a series of online interactive exercises covering approximately 20 core topics in Psychology. There are three to four Web sites per topic. These Web sites are monitored regularly to ensure they remain viable and current. Each Web site includes one to three multiple-choice questions, automatically graded by WebQuester. Each core topic includes two or three short-answer questions, and one to three essay questions to be graded by you. A 150 page Guidebook to the Web provides practical information and tips about such topics as: Searching the Web, Evaluating Information, Thinking Critically in a World of Information, and Computer Ethics. Webquester also includes interactive figures, an interactive glossary, and additional links as a resource for further study. Introductory Web Research Exercises located on the site gives students an opportunity to practice finding their way around the Web, and to assess the quality and relevance of the material they find there before they begin using WebQuester.

WebQuester: Psychology

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Pettijohn, Terry F.

Psychology & Counseling

Fatherland is set in an alternative world where Hitler has won the Second World War. It is April 1964 and one week before Hitler's 75th birthday. Xavier March, a detective of the Kriminalpolizei, is called out to investigate the discovery of a dead body in a lake near Berlin's most prestigious suburb.As March discovers the identity of the body, he uncovers signs of a conspiracy that could go to the very top of the German Reich. And, with the Gestapo just one step behind, March, together with an American journalist, is caught up in a race to discover and reveal the truth -- a truth that has already killed, a truth that could topple governments, a truth that will change history.From the Paperback edition.

Fatherland

Contemporary

Hutchinson

Dictator (Book Three) (Cicero Trilogy)

Dictator (Lead Title)

The concluding part of the Cicero Trilogy that began with Imperium, from the No. 1 bestselling author of Fatherland, An officer and a Spy, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii and The Ghost. Aged 48, Marcus Cicero, the greatest orator of his time, is to all appearances a broken man. Out of power, exiled to the eastern Mediterranean with his faithful secretary, Tiro, separated from his wife and children, his possessions confiscated, he spends his days tormented by his failure. But, to quote one of his own famous aphorisms: 'while there's life there's hope'. By promising to support his political enemy, Caesar, he manages to win his return to Italy. Once home, he gradually fights his way back: first in the law courts, then in the senate, and finally by the power of his pen, until at last, for one brief and glorious period, he is once again the dominant figure in Rome. The long-awaited final volume of Robert Harris's Cicero Trilogy, Dictator encompasses some of the most epic events in human history: the collapse of the Roman republic, the subsequent civil war, the murder of Pompey and the assassination of Julius Caesar. Its theme, however, is timeless: how is political freedom to be safeguarded against the triple threats of unscrupulous personal ambition, of an electoral system dominated by vested financial interests, and of the corrupting impact of waging ceaseless foreign wars? But above all, it is the very human figure of Cicero, beset by family problems, which makes the story so compelling: brilliant, flawed, frequently fearful and yet ultimately brave -- a hero for his time, and for ours.

Genre Fiction

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