{"product_id":"robert-harris-precipice-hardback-novel-2026252416","title":"Robert Harris Precipice Hardback Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A master storyteller' Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummer 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none' Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match' Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Harris is a master of historical fiction, a compelling author who brings to life the recent and ancient past' TLS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther Information:\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ASDA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48329503473902,"sku":"STO-ITEM-2026-252416","price":19.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/0125\/9183\/files\/9781529152821_T1.jpg?v=1784203162","url":"https:\/\/mcgrocer.com\/products\/robert-harris-precipice-hardback-novel-2026252416","provider":"McGrocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}