{"product_id":"9781529152821","title":"Precipice : The thrilling new novel from the no.1 bestseller Robert Harris","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Harris, Robert \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 29\/08\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 464 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529152821,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***Pre-order now to secure the special Collector's edition - available only while stock lasts and exclusive to the first print run***FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR‘A master storyteller’ Observer Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeamlessly weaving fact and fiction in a way that no writer does better, Precipice is the thrilling new novel from Robert Harris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The king of the page-turning thriller' i Paper'Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none' Sunday Times'Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match' Financial Times'Harris is a master of historical fiction, a compelling author who brings to life the recent and ancient past' TLS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43491607740460,"sku":"9781529152821","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529152821.jpg?v=1718102906","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781529152821","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}