<p><b>***Pre-order now to secure the special Collector''s edition - available only while stock lasts and exclusive to the first print run***<br><br>FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR<br><br>¿A master storyteller¿ </b><i>Observer </i><br><br>Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>Seamlessly weaving fact and fiction in a way that no writer does better, <i>Precipice </i>is the thrilling new novel from Robert Harris.<br>