02018cam a2200349 i 4500 1506238686 TxAuBib 20240927120000.0 240904s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024031166 9780063248052 HRD 30.00 0063248050 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib rda Harris, Robert, 1957-, author. Precipice [BOOK] : a novel / Robert Harris. First U.S. edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] ©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.". 20240927. World War, 1914-1918 Great Britain Fiction. Socialites England London Fiction. Prime ministers Great Britain Fiction. Intelligence officers Great Britain Fiction. Security classification (Government documents) Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.)