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Robert Dennis Harris (born 7 March 1957) is a British novelist and former journalist. Although he began his career in journalism and non-fiction, his fame rests upon his works of historical fiction. Beginning with the best-seller Fatherland, Harris focused on events surrounding the Second World War, followed by works set in ancient Rome.
Robert Harris is a British bestselling author of The Cicero Trilogy (Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator), Fatherland (1992), Enigma (1995), Archangel (1998), Pompeii (2003), The Ghost (2007), The Fear Index (2011) and An Officer and a Spy novels (2013).
ROBERT HARRIS is the author of nine best-selling novels: Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, Imperium, The Ghost Writer, Conspirata, The Fear Index, and An Officer and a Spy. Several of his books have been adapted to film, most recently The Ghost Writer, directed by Roman Polanski.
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Complete order of Robert Harris books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
- Pompeii. Pompeii is Robert Harris's book about the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD79. It opens very memorably with an engineer, Attilius, who is the aquarius in charge of the Aqua Augusta, one of the most complex aqueducts the Romans built, as he tries to figure out strange things that are going on around Misenum, the home base of the Roman fleet and located on the other side of the Bay of Naples from Pompeii and Vesuvius.
- Act of Oblivion. ☆ Shortlisted for the 2023 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. New historical novels by British writer Robert Harris are always worth looking out for so don't let the blitz of marketing surrounding his latest, Act of Oblivion, put you off.
- An Officer and a Spy. ***Winner of the 2014 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction*** An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris is a brilliant work of historical fiction based on the real people and events of the Dreyfus affair, which rocked France in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and led to one of the most famous newspaper articles ever written, Emile Zola's "J'Accuse."
- Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome. If you like history, Robert Harris is one of the best historical novelists around. Pompeii (about the eruption of Vesuvius), An Officer and A Spy (about the Dreyfus Affair), even Archangel (set in Soviet Russia) are fabulous thrillers that bring the past alive.
Robert Harris, a former journalist and BBC TV reporter, is the bestselling English writer of the Cicero historical mystery series as well as numerous historical and political thriller novels, including Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, and Munich. In addition, he has written several non-fiction books on politics and history.
ROBERT HARRIS is the author of fifteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy—Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator—Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich, The Second Sleep, V2 and Act of Oblivion.
