# Precipice

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- Book: [Precipice](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-j-harris/precipice) ([Precipice.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-j-harris/precipice.md))
- Authors: [Robert J. Harris](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-j-harris)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-0494-094-5
- Published: 2024-08-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

THE BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE TIMES, INDEPENDENT, SPECTATOR, i NEWS A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB AND A SUNDAY TIMES SUMMER READS PICK 2025 ‘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.