Robert Harris is writer of great skill, with a penchant for writing compelling page turns about historical persons and events— Pompeii and the Cicero trio of novels come to mind. In Conclave, he turns his hands to the complex subject of Papal elections. Conclave, from the Latin ‘with the key’, refers to the locking of the cardinals into the Sistine Chapel to vote for a new Pope, the old one having died. For about 400 pages this novel keeps you... Read more