Precipice
Author: Harris, Robert
ISBN: 9781804941294
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 26 Aug 2025
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;With themes of love, deception, rivalry and grand world events, this will be our biggest paperback campaign yetPlt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;THE BOOK OF THE YEAR, Plt;iPgt;THE TIMES, Plt;/iPgt;Plt;iPgt;INDEPENDENT, SPECTATOR, i NEWSPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB AND A SUNDAY TIMES SUMMER READS PICK 2025Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#8216;A riveting tale of politics, war and erotic obsessionP#8217; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Sunday TimesPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#8216;A slam dunk of a plot . . . extraordinaryP#8217; Plt;bPgt;Nicholas Coleridge, Plt;iPgt;IndependentPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley P#8211; aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless P#8211; 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.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer is assigned to investigate a leak of top secret documents P#8211; and suddenly what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that will alter the course of political history.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Seamlessly weaving fact and fiction in a way that no writer does better, Plt;iPgt;Precipice Plt;/iPgt;is the thrilling new novel from Robert Harris.
ISBN: 9781804941294
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 26 Aug 2025
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;With themes of love, deception, rivalry and grand world events, this will be our biggest paperback campaign yetPlt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;THE BOOK OF THE YEAR, Plt;iPgt;THE TIMES, Plt;/iPgt;Plt;iPgt;INDEPENDENT, SPECTATOR, i NEWSPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB AND A SUNDAY TIMES SUMMER READS PICK 2025Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#8216;A riveting tale of politics, war and erotic obsessionP#8217; Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Sunday TimesPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#8216;A slam dunk of a plot . . . extraordinaryP#8217; Plt;bPgt;Nicholas Coleridge, Plt;iPgt;IndependentPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley P#8211; aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless P#8211; 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.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer is assigned to investigate a leak of top secret documents P#8211; and suddenly what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that will alter the course of political history.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Seamlessly weaving fact and fiction in a way that no writer does better, Plt;iPgt;Precipice Plt;/iPgt;is the thrilling new novel from Robert Harris.
