u003cbu003ePre-order the new novel from Robert Harris now.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbu003eu003ciu003eAll civilisations think they are invulnerable. History warns us none is.u003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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?u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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.
