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Precipice /

Harris, Robert, 1957-

Precipice / Robert Harris. - London : Hutchinson Heinemann, 2024. - vii, 450 pages ; 24 cm.

Summer 1914. 26-year-old Venetia is engaged in a clandestine love affair with the Prime Minister, H.H Asquith. 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 is assigned to investigate a leak of top-secret documents.

ISBN: 9781529152838 1529152836

Subjects--Personal Names:
Asquith, H. H. 1852-1928 --Fiction.
Montagu, Venetia Stanley, 1887-1948 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prime ministers--Great Britain--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--Fiction.
Treason--Great Britain--Fiction.
Leaks (Disclosure of information)--Fiction

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--History--George V, 1910-1936--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)

Dewey Class. No.: 823.92

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