{"product_id":"precipice-9780063248069","title":"Precipice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Robert Harris is, simply put, masterful.\"--Karin Slaughter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the Great War from the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eAct of Oblivion, Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eConclave.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unrivaled master of seamlessly weaving fact and fiction, \u003cem\u003ePrecipice\u003c\/em\u003e is another electrifying thriller from the brilliant imagination of Robert Harris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarris, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Harris\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of fifteen novels, including \u003cem\u003eAct of Oblivion, Pompeii, Enigma, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFatherland.\u003c\/em\u003e He has been a television correspondent with the BBC and a newspaper columnist for London's \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e. His novels have sold more than twenty-five million copies and been translated into forty languages. He lives in Berkshire, England with his wife, Gill Hornby.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635453985042,"sku":"9780063248069","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a53470d5-0ee3-421c-a8d0-13231ff5449a.jpg?v=1759236929","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/precipice-9780063248069","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}