Precipice
**Pre-order Agrippa now: The thrilling new novel from Robert Harris, coming August 2026**
The number 1 bestseller
A Richard and Judy Book Club and a Sunday Times Summer Reads pick 2025
A world on the brink of war. An affair on the edge of scandal.
"A riveting tale of politics, war and erotic obsession" Sunday Times
"His most enthralling yet . . . extraordinary" Nicholas Coleridge, Independent
Summer 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.
"The king of the page-turning thriller" i Paper
"Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none" Sunday Times
"Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match" Financial Times
"Harris is a master of historical fiction, a compelling author who brings to life the recent and ancient past" TLS
Robert Harris, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024
**Pre-order Agrippa now: The thrilling new novel from Robert Harris, coming August 2026**
The number 1 bestseller
A Richard and Judy Book Club and a Sunday Times Summer Reads pick 2025
A world on the brink of war. An affair on the edge of scandal.
"A riveting tale of politics, war and erotic obsession" Sunday Times
"His most enthralling yet . . . extraordinary" Nicholas Coleridge, Independent
Summer 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.
"The king of the page-turning thriller" i Paper
"Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none" Sunday Times
"Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match" Financial Times
"Harris is a master of historical fiction, a compelling author who brings to life the recent and ancient past" TLS
Robert Harris, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024
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**Pre-order Agrippa now: The thrilling new novel from Robert Harris, coming August 2026**
The number 1 bestseller
A Richard and Judy Book Club and a Sunday Times Summer Reads pick 2025
A world on the brink of war. An affair on the edge of scandal.
"A riveting tale of politics, war and erotic obsession" Sunday Times
"His most enthralling yet . . . extraordinary" Nicholas Coleridge, Independent
Summer 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.
"The king of the page-turning thriller" i Paper
"Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none" Sunday Times
"Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match" Financial Times
"Harris is a master of historical fiction, a compelling author who brings to life the recent and ancient past" TLS
Robert Harris, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024
