Precipice

R$ 92,90

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THE BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE TIMES, INDEPENDENT, SPECTATOR, i NEWSA RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKAN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘A riveting tale of politics, war and erotic obsession’ Sunday Times‘A slam dunk of a plot . . . extraordinary’ Nicholas Coleridge, IndependentSummer 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.

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Autor: Robert Harris