A WORLD ON THE BRINK OF WAR. AN AFFAIR ON THE EDGE OF SCANDAL. FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR‘
 
A riveting tale of politics, war and erotic obsession’
Sunday Times
 
‘His most enthralling yet . . . a slam dunk of a plot . . . extraordinary’
Nicholas Coleridge, Independent
 
‘Gripping . . . Harris also has the John le Carré gift for showing how meetings can become a form of blood sport’
Jake Kerridge, Telegraph
 
'Splendid'
Max Hastings, Sunday Times
 
Summer 1914.

A world on the brink of catastrophe. In 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.
 
As 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.

Seamlessly weaving fact and fiction in a way that no writer does better, Precipice is the thrilling new novel from Robert Harris.
 
'The king of the page-turning thriller'
i Paper
 
'Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none'
Sunday Times
 
'Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match'
Financial Times
 
'Harris is a master of historical fiction, a compelling author who brings to life the recent and ancient past'
TLS