Precipice, 9781529152838
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Forbidden love, national secrets, and a world hurtling towards war.
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Precipice

the thrilling new novel from the no.1 bestseller robert harris

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  • Paperback

    464 pages

  • Release Date

    26 August 2024

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Summary

Precipice: A Novel of Love, War, and Treachery

Summer 1914. A world teeters on the brink of catastrophe.

In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley – aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless – is embroiled in a passionate love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. His obsessive letters to her reveal the most sensitive matters of state.

As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer is task…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529152838
ISBN-10:1529152836
Author:Robert Harris
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Hutchinson Heinemann
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:26 August 2024
Weight:700g
Dimensions:234mm x 153mm x 40mm
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Brilliantly blurring fact and fiction, Sunday Times bestselling author Robert Harris is back in full force * Dead Good Books - The best crime and thriller books of 2024 *

About The Author

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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