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Bill is one of the founders of Boffins and has been involved in selecting the books we stock since our beginning in 1989. His favourite reading is history, with psychology, current affairs, and business books coming close behind. His hobbies are reading, food, reading, drinking, reading, and sleeping.
There’s nothing like a good, racy historical thriller to while away a miserable day. And the weather hasn’t been kind to us so I’ve needed a few lately. Robert Harris has written numerous fabulous books – his series on ancient Rome are among my favourites. But my favourite Robert Harris books are the ones set around the time of World War 2, like Fatherland and Enigma. So I’m delighted that he’s penned us another novel set in this time. It’s set in 1938, at the Munich Conference, and it’s a real page-turner. Cancel all appointments before you start page 1. This is compelling fictionalised history. Chamberlain is faced with a situation, as the world faces today with North Korea, in which options don’t appear to be available. Two fictionalised characters, Paul Hartman, a German diplomat and a member of the anti-Hitler resistance, and Hugh Legat, one of Chamberlain’s private secretaries, were friends at Oxford, but haven’t met since Hitler came to power. Now their paths cross again, and this time the stakes are high.
