{"product_id":"precipice-9780063248069b","title":"Precipice","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the Great War from the bestselling author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAct of Oblivion, Fatherland, The Ghostwriter,\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eConclave.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn unrivaled master of seamlessly weaving fact and fiction, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ePrecipice \u003c\/span\u003eis another electrifying thriller from the brilliant imagination of Robert Harris.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“Robert Harris is, simply put, masterful.”—Karin Slaughter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperPerennial","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42868957347920,"sku":"9780063248069B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780063248069-l.jpg?v=1785883335","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/precipice-9780063248069b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}