What if Hitler had won the war? A gripping, number one bestselling historical thriller from the award-winning master of the literary thriller genre- Robert Harris.
Fatherland is set in an alternative world where Hitler has won the Second World War. 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.
What if Hitler had won the war? A gripping, number one bestselling historical thriller from the award-winning master of the literary thriller genre- Robert Harris.
Fatherland is set in an alternative world where Hitler has won the Second World War. 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 NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR'A writer who handles suspense like a literary Alfred Hitchcock' Nelson MandelaApril, 1964. The naked body of an old man floats in a lake on the outskirts of Berlin. In one week it will be Adolf Hitler's 75th birthday. A terrible conspiracy is starting to unravel . . .'Robert Harris has created the whole structure of a totally corrupt society in a way that makes the flesh creep' Sunday Times'Powerful and chilling . . . convincing in every detail' Daily Telegraph'Clever and ingenious . . . its breeding is by Orwell, out of P.D. James, a detective story inside a future shock' Daily MailThere are currently two different covers and possibly a mix of stock until December 2022. They will be assigned at random.
“"A writer who handles suspense like a literary Alfred Hitchcock." -Nelson Mandela ”
The research is extraordinary. Daily Express
The research is extraordinary. Daily Express
Clever and ingenious... Its breeding is by Orwell, out of P. D. James, a detective story inside a future shock Daily Mail
Gripping in the way John Buchan, Len Deighton and John LeCarré are. The writing is superb. This novel lifts its author into a new and superior class The Times
The highest form of thriller... non-stop excitement The Times
Powerful and chilling... convincing in every detail Daily Telegraph
A writer who handles suspense like a literary Alfred Hitchcock
Robert Harris has recreated the whole structure of a totally corrupt society in a way that makes the flesh creep Sunday Times
Tightly constructed... grips as tightly as a Nazi's glove Independent on Sunday
A fantastic thriller... The final solution is an utter surprise. Harris reaches it with speed, conveying a whole culture of grotesquery and kitsch Mail on Sunday
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.
'Powerful and chilling ... convincing in every detail' Martha Gellhorn, Daily Telegraph April, 1964. The naked body of an old man floats in a lake on the outskirts of Berlin. In one week it will be Adolf Hitler's 75th birthday. A terrible conspiracy is starting to unravel... 'Clever and ingenious ... Its breeding is by Orwell, out of P.D. James, a detective story inside a future shock' Daily Mail 'A writer who handles suspense like a literary Alfred Hitchcock' Nelson Mandela, Guardian 'Robert Harris has recreated the whole structure of a totally corrupt society in a way that makes the flesh creep' John Mortimer, Sunday Times
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