02170cam a2200397 i 4500 1659863754 TxGeo 20241017120000.0 240708s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024031166 9780063248052 hbk. 0063248050 hbk. (OCoLC)1454598088 TxGeo rda Harris, Robert, 1957-, author. Precipice : a novel / Robert Harris. First U.S. edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024. vii, 450 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-450). "Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, twenty-six-year-old Venetia Stanley--aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless--is part of a fast group of upper-crust bohemians and socialites known as "The Coterie." She's also engaged in a clandestine 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 with Scotland Yard is assigned to investigate a leak of top-secret documents. Suddenly, what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that could topple the British government--and will alter the course of political history."-- Provided by publisher. 20241018. Asquith, H. H Herbert Henry 1852-1928 Fiction. Montagu, Venetia Stanley 1887-1948 Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 Fiction. Socialites England London Fiction. Adultery Fiction. Letter writing Fiction. Historical fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) QS5