Act of Oblivion

by Robert Harris

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1660. The Restoration returns Charles II to the English throne and excludes the regicides—the men who signed Charles I’s death warrant—from political forgiveness. Edward Whalley and William Goffe escape to New England, where Puritan communities hide them from royal agents.

Richard Nayler, a fictional official driven by loyalty and revenge, pursues the fugitives across the Atlantic. The novel combines documented exile with a manhunt, examining how civil war survives in memory, family allegiance and the competing meanings of justice after regime change.