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Sep 24, 2026
The #1 bestselling author of Conclave and Dictator, Robert Harris, joins acclaimed novelist and political satirist Christopher Buckley for the launch of his gripping historical thriller about ancient Rome’s descent into dictatorship, named a “Most Anticipated Book of the Year” by The New York Times.
His mother did not survive his birth, and the nickname, Agrippa, “mother killer,” stuck. Taunted in the schoolyard, he hardened his resolve and honed his aggression. Agrippa was a commoner, his father a humble Stoic, but he earned the respect and fear of his peers. He defended a bullied young boy, Octavius, who turned out to be the nephew of Caesar himself, a chance encounter that would change the trajectory of his life.
Robert Harris’ Agrippa tells the fateful story of the friendship between a brutal strategist and a future dictator. Following the murder of Julius Caesar was murdered in the Senate, young Octavius inherits an empire in name only. To assume the mantle he has to fight for it, and Agrippa, forever by his side, is his closest advisor and the merciless agent of his military will.
As gripping and full of intrigue as his bestselling novel Conclave, Agrippa is Robert Harris’s monumental return to the world of ancient Rome on the precipice of dictatorship, a novel for our times — a reflection on how personal devotion becomes world-historical destiny, and how public institutions can be hollowed out by men who claim to be saving them.
Don’t miss Harris and Buckley in the sole New York event of Harris's tour — a conversation about history, power, and the dangerous seductions of law and order.
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