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- Genre 1
- Books,Subjects,Literature & Fiction,Genre Fiction,Historical,Worl
- Label
- Harper
- Artist
- Harris, Robert
- Album
- Precipice: A Novel
- ISBN
- 9780063248052
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0063248050
ISBN-13
9780063248052
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11063402945
Product Key Features
Book Title
Precipice : a Novel
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Thrillers / Historical, Literary
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2024-031166
Reviews
"A World War I novel of love, politics, and a continent gone mad. . . . A foolish affair and a horrible war that will grab and hold readers' attention." -- Kirkus Reviews "Robert Harris is, simply put, masterful." -- Karin Slaughter, New York Times and international bestselling author "Act of Oblivion delivers a galloping adventure, with a novel of ideas craftily packed into its saddlebags." -- Wall Street Journal on Act of Oblivion "Fast-paced. . . . wonderfully detailed . . . clever." -- New York Times Book Review on Act of Oblivion, "Gripping . . . . One of Harris's many admirable qualities as a novelist is his boldness. He ranges through the past to take on big subjects, whether the end of the Roman republic or the Dreyfus affair, and now one of the biggest puzzles of the 20th century, the outbreak of the first world war. As always, he has done his research to recreate a long-gone world, and yet again he tells a good story. " -- Financial Times "The strength of the novel lies in that central, almost unbelievable, relationship between Asquith and Venetia . . . . Precipice is historically literate, politically astute and gripping to the last page." -- The Times (London) "The novel's brilliance lies in the way the author has written into the void, giving life and voice to Venetia, bringing her to dazzling life through her imagined letters to Asquith and Harris's portrait of a bright, unconventional and complex young woman seeking to escape the strictures of her aristocratic upbringing . . . . Asquith is presented with great tenderness and sympathy, as is his hard-edged but vulnerable wife, Margot. It's the character of Venetia, though, that turns Precipice from a very good novel into a great one." -- The Observer "Robert Harris's enthralling new novel may be one of his three best . . . . Harris's cleverness lies in his psychological sophistication, carrying the reader along the twists and turns of this dubious love story, while the greater drama of the war in the trenches, vast casualties and the disastrous landing at Gallipoli plays off stage . . . . Harris is masterful at authentic dialogue, across all classes. There is not a false note in this novel." -- The Independent "A World War I novel of love, politics, and a continent gone mad. . . . A foolish affair and a horrible war that will grab and hold readers' attention." -- Kirkus Reviews "A very good thriller which sails through the Downton Abbey test with the grace of a dreadnought cruising down the Channel. It feels realistic enough for us to suspend disbelief over the occasional bit of hokum, and makes us care enough about the characters to keep turning the pages." -- The Spectator "Compulsively readable . . . . The minor characters are sketched in superbly." -- The Telegraph "The setting and story of Precipice are fascinating." -- The Complete Review, "Gripping . . . . One of Harris's many admirable qualities as a novelist is his boldness. He ranges through the past to take on big subjects, whether the end of the Roman republic or the Dreyfus affair, and now one of the biggest puzzles of the 20th century, the outbreak of the first world war. As always, he has done his research to recreate a long-gone world, and yet again he tells a good story. " -- Financial Times "The strength of the novel lies in that central, almost unbelievable, relationship between Asquith and Venetia . . . . Precipice is historically literate, politically astute and gripping to the last page." -- The Times (London) "The novel's brilliance lies in the way the author has written into the void, giving life and voice to Venetia, bringing her to dazzling life through her imagined letters to Asquith and Harris's portrait of a bright, unconventional and complex young woman seeking to escape the strictures of her aristocratic upbringing . . . . Asquith is presented with great tenderness and sympathy, as is his hard-edged but vulnerable wife, Margot. It's the character of Venetia, though, that turns Precipice from a very good novel into a great one." -- The Observer "Robert Harris's enthralling new novel may be one of his three best . . . . Harris's cleverness lies in his psychological sophistication, carrying the reader along the twists and turns of this dubious love story, while the greater drama of the war in the trenches, vast casualties and the disastrous landing at Gallipoli plays off stage . . . . Harris is masterful at authentic dialogue, across all classes. There is not a false note in this novel." -- The Independent "A World War I novel of love, politics, and a continent gone mad. . . . A foolish affair and a horrible war that will grab and hold readers' attention." -- Kirkus Reviews "A very good thriller which sails through the Downton Abbey test with the grace of a dreadnought cruising down the Channel. It feels realistic enough for us to suspend disbelief over the occasional bit of hokum, and makes us care enough about the characters to keep turning the pages." -- The Spectator "Compulsively readable . . . . The minor characters are sketched in superbly." -- The Telegraph "As an experienced writer of historical fiction, Harris has a good eye for period detail and the telling anecdote that will create believable, almost overpowering drama. In a great many thrillers, you may not care all that much about the characters, but in this one, you must. It's a terrific book." -- Crime Fiction Lover, "Robert Harris is, simply put, masterful." -- Karin Slaughter, New York Times and international bestselling author "Act of Oblivion delivers a galloping adventure, with a novel of ideas craftily packed into its saddlebags." -- Wall Street Journal on Act of Oblivion "Veteran actor Tim McInnerny delivers a masterly narration of Harris's novel. He truly inhabits the characters, his voice and manner finely tuned to the personality and convictions of each: Goffe, a fanatical, millenarian Puritan; Whalley, more practical and ultimately disillusioned; Nayler, smoothly menacing, but prey to depression . . . this production is perfect." -- Washington Post "Fast-paced. . . . wonderfully detailed . . . clever." -- New York Times Book Review on Act of Oblivion, "Gripping . . . . One of Harris''s many admirable qualities as a novelist is his boldness. He ranges through the past to take on big subjects, whether the end of the Roman republic or the Dreyfus affair, and now one of the biggest puzzles of the 20th century, the outbreak of the first world war. As always, he has done his research to recreate a long-gone world, and yet again he tells a good story. " -- Financial Times "The strength of the novel lies in that central, almost unbelievable, relationship between Asquith and Venetia . . . . Precipice is historically literate, politically astute and gripping to the last page." -- The Times (London) "Bestseller Harris (Act of Oblivion) fictionalizes the real-life love affair between British prime minister H.H. Asquith and 26-year-old aristocrat Venetia Stanley in this fascinating historical thriller. . . .Themes of national loyalty and the ravages of war permeate the novel, but Harris resists grandiosity, leaning on his background as a journalist to make the stakes feel at once personal and profound. Stanley, in particular, emerges as a fascinating historical figure, caught between a life of easy luxury and an intoxicating love for a desperate man several decades her senior. Readers will be astonished." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "The novel''s brilliance lies in the way the author has written into the void, giving life and voice to Venetia, bringing her to dazzling life through her imagined letters to Asquith and Harris''s portrait of a bright, unconventional and complex young woman seeking to escape the strictures of her aristocratic upbringing . . . . Asquith is presented with great tenderness and sympathy, as is his hard-edged but vulnerable wife, Margot. It''s the character of Venetia, though, that turns Precipice from a very good novel into a great one." -- The Observer "Robert Harris''s enthralling new novel may be one of his three best . . . . Harris''s cleverness lies in his psychological sophistication, carrying the reader along the twists and turns of this dubious love story, while the greater drama of the war in the trenches, vast casualties and the disastrous landing at Gallipoli plays off stage . . . . Harris is masterful at authentic dialogue, across all classes. There is not a false note in this novel." -- The Independent "A riveting tale of politics, war and erotic obsession." -- Sunday Times (London) "A World War I novel of love, politics, and a continent gone mad. . . . A foolish affair and a horrible war that will grab and hold readers'' attention." -- Kirkus Reviews "A very good thriller which sails through the Downton Abbey test with the grace of a dreadnought cruising down the Channel. It feels realistic enough for us to suspend disbelief over the occasional bit of hokum, and makes us care enough about the characters to keep turning the pages." -- The Spectator "A beautifully crafted novel . . . . Harris deploys his plot with the dexterity one has grown to expect from him. He blends war, news, politics, arguments about strategy and the daily lives of his characters deftly together." -- The Scotsman "Compulsively readable . . . . The minor characters are sketched in superbly." -- The Telegraph "Drawing on original love letters and deploying a fictional detective to bring the threads of the story together, it is a jaw-dropping episode in British history. Nobody does this sort of yarn better." -- Mail on Sunday "As an experienced writer of historical fiction, Harris has a good eye for period detail and the telling anecdote that will create believable, almost overpowering drama. In a great many thrillers, you may not care all that much about the characters, but in this one, you must. It''s a terrific book." -- Crime Fiction Lover "A wonderful book." -- Dominic Sandbrook "Few have mastered the alchemy of the popular historical novel quite like Harris." -- iNews, "Robert Harris is, simply put, masterful." -- Karin Slaughter, New York Times and international bestselling author "Veteran actor Tim McInnerny delivers a masterly narration of Harris's novel. He truly inhabits the characters, his voice and manner finely tuned to the personality and convictions of each: Goffe, a fanatical, millenarian Puritan; Whalley, more practical and ultimately disillusioned; Nayler, smoothly menacing, but prey to depression . . . this production is perfect." -- Washington Post "Act of Oblivion delivers a galloping adventure, with a novel of ideas craftily packed into its saddlebags." -- The Wall Street Journal "Fast-paced . . . . wonderfully detailed . . . . clever. . . ." -- New York Times Book Review
Synopsis
"Robert Harris is, simply put, masterful."--Karin Slaughter A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the Great War from the bestselling author of Act of Oblivion, Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, and Conclave. Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In 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. As 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. An unrivaled master of seamlessly weaving fact and fiction, Precipice is another electrifying thriller from the brilliant imagination of Robert Harris.
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PR6058.A69147P74
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