{"product_id":"9781804941294","title":"Precipice - INDIE EXCLUSIVE EDITION with sprayed edges","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Harris, Robert \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 24\/04\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 464 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781804941294,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA WORLD ON THE BRINK OF WAR. AN AFFAIR ON THE EDGE OF SCANDAL.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR‘A riveting tale of politics, war and erotic obsession’ Sunday Times‘His most enthralling yet . . . a slam dunk of a plot . . . extraordinary’ Nicholas Coleridge, Independent‘Gripping . . . Harris also has the John le Carré gift for showing how meetings can become a form of blood sport’ Jake Kerridge, Telegraph'Splendid' Max Hastings, Sunday TimesSummer 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' TLSRobert Harris, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55069127213429,"sku":"9781804941294","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781804941294.jpg?v=1739617487","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781804941294","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}