{"product_id":"agrippa","title":"Agrippa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e**PRE-ORDER NOW to secure the special Collector's Edition - available only while stock lasts and exclusive to the first print run**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, BBC CULTURE, THE\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMIRROR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAND\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eRADIO TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003enumber one bestselling author returns to Ancient Rome in his latest thriller\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ecoming August 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A master storyteller'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar’s 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe other is Octavius’s closest friend, Agrippa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo claim Octavius’s inheritance, they must fight the giant figures of the Roman Empire – and, against all odds, they win. Octavius becomes the Emperor Augustus. For twenty years, they rule the world together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Agrippa is fifty. Ailing and alone, betrayed by his wife’s infidelity, he takes refuge in his house on the Bay of Naples and begins to write his memoirs. Yet to stir up the past can be dangerous. From his earliest meetings with Julius Caesar, through the epic conflict with Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the great naval battle of Actium and the endless wars to expand the empire, he describes how one man has dominated his life: the cunning, ruthless, unknowable Octavius.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen it comes to power, does friendship exist at all?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'The king of the page-turning thriller'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ei PAPER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Harris's cleverness, judgment and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eeye for detail are second to none'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A master of historical fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTLS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57264321986933,"sku":"978-1529154412","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/27465568-8d3c-427c-b666-2d94ca001849.jpg?v=1780862213","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.com\/products\/agrippa","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}