Robert Harris
Robert Harris
British author, journalist, and BBC reporter who became known for his best-selling historical novel, Fatherland. The work is a thriller set during World War II.
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 March 1957
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In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality of Tony Blair.
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