Precipice

byRobert Harris

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THE BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE TIMES, INDEPENDENT, SPECTATOR, i NEWS

A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK

AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

‘A riveting tale of politics, war and erotic obsession’ Sunday Times

‘A slam dunk of a plot . . . extraordinary’ Nicholas Coleridge, Independent

Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe.

In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley – aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless – is having a love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state.

As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer is assigned to investigate a leak of top secret documents – and suddenly what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that will alter the course of political history.

Seamlessly weaving fact and fiction in a way that no writer does better, Precipice is the thrilling new novel from Robert Harris.

I’m not fond of the word masterpiece, but this is a masterpiece

Nigella Lawson

About Robert Harris

Robert Harris is the author of fifteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich, The Second Sleep, V2 and Act of Oblivion. His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781804941294
  • Length: 544 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 34mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 374g
  • Price: £9.99
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