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Precipice
Harris, Robert, 1957-2024
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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.
Main title:
Precipice / by Robert Harris.
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Imprint:
London : Hutchinson Heinemann, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
vii, 450 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781529152838 (paperback)
Language:
English
Subject:
Suspense fictionAsquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928 -- FictionMontagu, Venetia Stanley, 1887-1948 -- FictionMan-woman relationships -- FictionTreason -- Great Britain -- FictionLeaks (Disclosure of information) -- FictionWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- FictionSocialites -- England -- London -- FictionIntelligence officers -- Great Britain -- FictionPrime ministers -- Great Britain -- FictionGreat Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- FictionBiographical fiction
BRN:
461324
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