Book Recommendation: The Second Sleep by Robert Harris
The Second Sleep (2019) is a work of speculative historical fiction set 800 years into the future and tells the story of a young English priest, Christopher Fairfax, sent to the far-flung village of Addicott St. George to conduct the burial of the local parson by British author Robert Harris. This is another novel that you may wish to add to your reading list. Click on the links to learn more about the author and his thirteen novels.
Robert Dennis Harris is a British novelist. He is a former journalist and BBC television reporter. Although he began his career in non-fiction, his fame rests upon his works of historical fiction.
Goodreads Review of The Second Sleep
All civilisations think they are invulnerable. History warns us none is.
1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor 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.
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