#196: Robert Harris, novelist

Simon and Rachel speak to ⁠Robert Harris⁠, the bestselling historical novelist. Robert worked as a journalist, and wrote several non-fiction books, before his first novel, "⁠Fatherland⁠", which imagines a world in which Germany won the Second World War, was published in 1992. He has subsequently written 15 other novels: including the Cicero Trilogy - "Imperium", "Lustrum" and "Dictator" - "Enigma", "⁠An Officer and a Spy⁠" - which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction - and "Munich". His work has been translated into 40 languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television. We spoke to Robert about moving from journalism to writing historical fiction, shifting from modern to ancient settings, and about his new novel, "⁠Precipice⁠".