Conclave

FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHORTHE POWER OF GOD. THE AMBITION OF MEN.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe Pope is dead.Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election.They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals.Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.'Unputdownable' Guardian'Gripping' Sunday Times

“Harris' superlative skill at depicting power politics makes this an irresistibly gripping papal page-turner.”

Harris’ superlative skill at depicting power politics makes this an irresistibly gripping papal page-turner. Sunday Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Thriller of the year . . . with a plot so serpentine and sinuous that I could not bear to put it down. Daily Mail BOOKS OF THE YEAR
‘I have been waiting for most of my life for Robert Harris to write a novel that is not gripping, insightful and entertaining. I am waiting still. His latest, Conclave, is superb. The Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A real page-turner, with a great twist in the final pages. The Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Finishing this splendid and intelligent story, as with all great fiction, brings an acute sense of loss. The Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Robert Harris is incapable of writing a substandard novel. Observer, BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Each Robert Harris thriller is different but of exemplary consistency. Mirror BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Robert Harris is the master storyteller of our time . . . Beautifully constructed . . . it’s dramatically compelling, politically intelligent, beautifully paced and with a lovely twist in the tail . . . narrative doesn’t come better than this. Scotsman BOOKS OF THE YEAR
I am about to use a word I have never knowingly used in any review of any book ever. During my 25-odd years of writing about books I have done my best to avoid cliches, slipshod summaries, oracular pronouncements and indeed anything else that might appear emblazoned on a book jacket. Nonetheless, there is only one possible word to describe Robert Harris’s new novel, and it is this: unputdownable Guardian
A master of producing thrillers of ever-tightening suspense, full of insider analysis of political power and the treatment of momentous events . . . gripping . . . more than a crime novel, it is also a psychological and political thriller . . . Conclave is a triumphant addition to Harris’ acclaimed output Sunday Times
Gripping . . . like an ecclesiastical version of House of Cards The Times
Well-researched, intelligently observed and highly credible . . . Fast-moving and suspenseful, it’s elegantly written entertainment from a first-rate storyteller. Mail on Sunday
Grips like a vice and manages to convey all the drama of an election without resorting to melodrama Sunday Express
An electric read, like a shot of adrenalin to the heart . . . rollicking and literate . . . an insightful and witty thriller Literary Review
Page-turning heaven Independent

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. His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.

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