The Second Sleep by Robert Harris, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

From the international bestselling author of Fatherland and Munich, a gripping mystery and a fascinating cautionary tale."All civilizations consider themselves invulnerable; history warns us that none is." 1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote English village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefacts-coins, fragments of glass, human bones-which the old parson used to collect. Did his obsession with the past lead to his death?As Fairfax is drawn more deeply into the isolated community, everything he believes-about himself, his faith and the history of his world-is tested to destruction. | The Second Sleep by Robert Harris, Paperback | Indigo Chapters