Act of Oblivion : a novel
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022].
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 463 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION HARRIS 2022
1 available
FICTION HARRIS 2022
1 available
North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION HARRIS 2022
1 available
FICTION HARRIS 2022
1 available
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North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION HARRIS 2022 | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographical fiction.
Charles -- I, -- King of England, -- 1600-1649 -- Death and burial -- Fiction.
Fugitives from justice -- Fiction.
Goffe, William, -- 1605?-1679? -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Regicide -- Fiction.
Treason -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.
Whalley, Edward, -- -1675? -- Fiction.
Charles -- I, -- King of England, -- 1600-1649 -- Death and burial -- Fiction.
Fugitives from justice -- Fiction.
Goffe, William, -- 1605?-1679? -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Regicide -- Fiction.
Treason -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.
Whalley, Edward, -- -1675? -- Fiction.
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022].
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Notes
Description
This ... historical novel 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.
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'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...
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Harris, R. (2022). Act of Oblivion: a novel (First U.S. edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harris, Robert, 1957-. 2022. Act of Oblivion: A Novel. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harris, Robert, 1957-. Act of Oblivion: A Novel Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Harris, Robert. Act of Oblivion: A Novel First U.S. edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022.
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