Act of Oblivion

Robert Harris

In his new novel, the bestselling author of Munich and V2 tells the story of the greatest manhunt of the seventeenth century.

1660, General Edward Whalley and Colonel William Goffe, father- and son-in-law, cross the Atlantic.

They are on the run and wanted for the murder of Charles I. Under the provisions of the Act of Oblivion, they have been found guilty in absentia of high treason.