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Бурным выдался в истории Англии семнадцатый век. В 1649 году мятежники Кромвеля прилюдно отрубили Карлу I голову, а в 1660-м на престол взошел сын монарха, Карл II. Чтобы положить конец круговороту расправ, был принят закон, дарующий прощение всем участникам гражданской войны. Всем, кроме тех, кто подписал смертный приговор королю. Этих людей преследуют, ловят и подвергают жестокой казни. Двое из них, преданные сторонники Кромвеля, полковники Эдвард Уолли и Уильям Гофф, спасая жизнь, бегут на самый край света. Но даже там им не скрыться от проницательного Ричарда Нэйлера, чиновника Тайного совета, имеющего личные счеты к цареубийцам.

'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. Colonel Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, Colonel William Goffe, cross the Atlantic. Having been found guilty of high treason for the murder of Charles the I, they are wanted and on the run. A reward hangs over their heads - for their capture, dead or alive. In London, Richard Nayler, secretary of the regicide committee of the Privy Council, is tasked with tracking down the fugitives. He'll stop at nothing until the two men are brought to justice. Act of Oblivion is an epic journey across…

'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…

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. Colonel Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, Colonel William Goffe, 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. In London, Richard Nayler, secretary of the regicide committee of the Privy Council, is tasked with tracking down the fugitives. He'll stop at nothing until the two men are brought to justice. A reward hangs over their heads - for their capture, dead…

'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. Colonel Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, Colonel William Goffe, 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. In London, Richard Nayler, secretary of the regicide committee of the Privy Council, is tasked with tracking down the fugitives. He'll stop at nothing until the two men are brought to justice. A reward hangs over their heads - for their capture,…

Бурным выдался в истории Англии семнадцатый век. В 1649 году мятежники Кромвеля прилюдно отрубили Карлу I голову, а в 1660-м на престол взошел сын монарха, Карл II. Чтобы положить конец круговороту расправ, был принят закон, дарующий прощение всем участникам гражданской войны. Всем, кроме тех, кто подписал смертный приговор королю. Этих людей преследуют, ловят и подвергают жестокой казни. Двое из них, преданные сторонники Кромвеля, полковники Эдвард Уолли и Уильям Гофф, спасая жизнь, бегут на самый край света. Но даже там им не скрыться от проницательного Ричарда Нэйлера, чиновника Тайного совета, имеющего личные счеты к цареубийцам.

"A galloping adventure.” — The Wall Street Journal From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbinding historical novel that 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. '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…

Brought to you by Penguin. '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, 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. In London, Richard Nayler, secretary of the regicide committee of the Privy Council, is tasked with tracking down the fugitives. He'll stop at nothing until the two men are brought to justice. A reward of…

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbinding historical novel that brilliantly imagines one of the greatest manhunts in history: the search for two Englishmen, charged in the killing of King Charles I, by the implacable foe on their trail—an epic journey into the wilds of seventeenth-century New England, and a chase like no other. "From what is it they run?" He took a while to reply. By the time he spoke the men had gone inside. He said quietly, “They killed the King.” 1660. General Edward Whalley and his son-in-law Colonel William Goffe board a…