Precipice by Robert Harris - ISBN: 9781529152821
Hardcover
Love, secrets, and war threaten to shatter a nation on the edge.

Precipice

The thrilling new novel from the no.1 bestseller Robert Harris

  • Hardcover

    464 pages

  • Release Date

    6 October 2024

Summary

A masterpiece from the bestselling author with our biggest and most ambitious campaign yet

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR

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 reluctantl…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529152821
ISBN-10:1529152828
Author:Robert Harris
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Hutchinson Heinemann
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:6 October 2024
Weight:691g
Dimensions:242mm x 162mm x 39mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

I’m not fond of the word masterpiece, but this is a masterpiece – Nigella LawsonGripping drama – Jake Kerridge * Telegraph *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 *Fans of this hugely popular author should lap up this tale that mixes fact with fiction, as is his trademark * Sunday Express - Best Summer Reads *‘A beautifully crafted novel … a dexterous blend of the political and the personal … Precipice is Robert Harris’s 16th novel, and there hasn’t been a dud among them’ – Allan Massie * The Scotsman *Precipice hones in on those vital summer days when Britain hovered on the brink of war, before plunging into the abyss that arguably destroyed European civilisation * Spectator *Robert Harris is one of those authors you know you can rely on. His 16th novel, Precipice, is no exception * The Times *Robert Harris is a sort of genius … I am knocked out by the assurance of his portrait of a time, a relationship, and the perils to which Britain’s leader exposed himself amidst a supreme historic catastrophe. The book is yet another triumph for the author – Max HastingsFew have mastered the alchemy of the popular historical novel quite like Harris * i News *Rollicking … Harris’s best book since Conclave * Spectator *

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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