Robert Harris at Tempest Anderson Hall - Waterstones

Schedule

Thu Sep 03 2026 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Museum Gardens | York, EN

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International bestselling author Robert Harris comes to York on Thursday 3rd September, 7pm
About this Event

International bestselling author Robert Harris comes to York on Thursday 3rd September, 6.30pm
Meet Robert Harris at the beautiful Tempest Anderson Hall set in the historic Yorkshire Museum Gardens. Find out how to access the venue below.
About the book: Agrippa

Julius 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.

The other is Octavius’s closest friend, Agrippa.

To 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.

Now 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.

When it comes to power, does friendship exist at all?


Ticketing:
- £26 Book with Ticket
- £40 Couples Ticket and Book (x1 Book and x2 General admission)
- £18 General Admission
Acessing the venue Tempest Anderson Hall:
Tempest Anderson Hall is a beautiful lecutre theatre located within the Yorkshire Museum.
To access the venue, walk through the gates to the museum gardens and follow the path in front of you, leading to the right. The entrance to the Yorkshire Museum has a large green door.
Waterstones Staff will be there to greet you and the doors will open 30 minutes prior to the event beginning.


What Three Words Reference:

If you are using What Three Words for a map reference, please search for the following ref:

weedy.rash.fits

This will take you to the entrance of the museum.
Late entry notice:
The event begins at 18.30. Late entry at the discression of Waterstones Staff.
Please note the gates the Yorkshire Museum Gardens will close at 18.30



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Museum Gardens, Museum Street, York, United Kingdom

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