Harris Collection by Robert Harris - Munich, The Second Sleep & V2 - 3 Books Paperback Set - Historical Fiction & WWII Thrillers

Titles in This Set: Munich The Second Sleep V2 Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Paperback ISBN: 9789124252120 Publisher: Arrow Overview: The Harris Collection brings together three of Robert Harris's most celebrated novels in one paperback set: Munich, The Second Sleep, and V2. Spanning Chamberlain's desperate diplomacy in 1938, a haunting post-apocalyptic mystery, and the terrifying birth of rocket warfare, this collection showcases Harris at his meticulous, page-turning best. Ideal for fans of intelligent thrillers grounded in real history, it's a set that rewards slow, immersive reading and repeat visits alike. About the Books: Munich unfolds over four tense days in September 1938 as Neville Chamberlain flies to meet Hitler in a last-ditch bid to avert war. At the heart of the novel are two former Oxford friends, Hugh Legat and Paul von Hartmann, now serving opposing governments and drawn into a plot that could alter the course of history. Harris turns a well-known diplomatic crisis into a taut, character-driven thriller about loyalty, betrayal, and the terrible cost of compromise. The Second Sleep is a striking departure in setting but not in craft: a young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village centuries after an unnamed catastrophe has erased modern civilisation. As he investigates a death and uncovers forbidden relics of the vanished world, the novel becomes a slow-burning mystery about memory, faith, and the fragility of progress. V2 returns to the Second World War, following the desperate 1944 programme to launch Hitler's terrifying long-range rockets at London. Alternating between the engineers building the weapons and the analysts racing to stop them, Harris delivers a tense, technically assured thriller about the human cost of innovation under pressure. Together, these three novels demonstrate Harris's rare gift for embedding intimate personal drama within pivotal historical moments, whether real events like the Munich Conference and