Robert Harris | Archangel
Archangel by Robert Harris is a gripping historical and political thriller in which the dark legacy of Stalinism reaches into modern Russia. Fluke Kelso, a disillusioned former Oxford historian, is in Moscow attending a conference on the newly opened Soviet archives when an elderly former NKVD officer visits his hotel room with an extraordinary story. He claims to have been present at Stalin's dacha on the night of the dictator's fatal stroke – and to know what happened to a secret notebook hidden among Stalin's private papers.
What begins as an irresistible historical mystery soon draws Kelso into a dangerous pursuit across Russia. His search takes him from the political intrigue of Moscow to the remote forests surrounding the White Sea port of Archangel, where the country's buried past proves disturbingly alive. Blending meticulous historical detail with suspense and political intrigue, Robert Harris creates a chilling exploration of memory, power and the enduring shadow of one of the twentieth century's most notorious dictators.
- • Publisher: Arrow Books
• Language: English
• Cover: Mass Market Paperback
• Year of publication: 1999; some editions are also catalogued as 2000
• Number of pages: 421
• Dimensions: approximately 177 × 111 × 30 mm
• Weight: approximately 217–224 g
• Original publication of the novel: 1998
• Genre: Political thriller, historical thriller, mystery






