{"product_id":"precipice-2","title":"Precipice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA WORLD ON THE BRINK OF WAR. AN AFFAIR ON THE EDGE OF SCANDAL.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A riveting tale of politics, war and erotic obsession' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'His most enthralling yet . . . a slam dunk of a plot . . . extraordinary' \u003cb\u003eNicholas Coleridge, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Gripping . . . Harris also has the John le Carré gift for showing how meetings can become a form of blood sport' \u003cb\u003eJake Kerridge, \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Splendid' \u003cb\u003eMax Hastings, \u003ci\u003eSunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Seamlessly weaving fact and fiction in a way that no writer does better, \u003ci\u003ePrecipice\u003c\/i\u003e is the thrilling new novel from Robert Harris.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'The king of the page-turning thriller'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003ei Paper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Harris's cleverness, judgment and\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eeye for detail are second to none'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Harris is a master of historical fiction, a compelling author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewho brings to life the recent and ancient past'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Robert Harris, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, May 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Precipice","offer_id":44813832388805,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-80494-129-4.jpg?v=1749690843","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/precipice-2","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}