- Published: 27 August 2024
- ISBN: 9781529152838
- Imprint: Hutchinson Heinemann
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 464
- RRP: $34.99
Precipice
- Published: 27 August 2024
- ISBN: 9781529152838
- Imprint: Hutchinson Heinemann
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 464
- RRP: $34.99
Brilliantly blurring fact and fiction, Sunday Times bestselling author Robert Harris is back in full force
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I’m not fond of the word masterpiece, but this is a masterpiece
Nigella Lawson
Fans of this hugely popular author should lap up this tale that mixes fact with fiction, as is his trademark
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Gripping drama
Jake Kerridge, Telegraph
'A beautifully crafted novel . . . a dexterous blend of the political and the personal . . . Precipice is Robert Harris's 16th novel, and there hasn’t been a dud among them'
Allan Massie, The Scotsman
Precipice hones in on those vital summer days when Britain hovered on the brink of war, before plunging into the abyss that arguably destroyed European civilisation
Spectator
Robert Harris is one of those authors you know you can rely on. His 16th novel, Precipice, is no exception
The Times
Robert Harris is a sort of genius . . . I am knocked out by the assurance of his portrait of a time, a relationship, and the perils to which Britain’s leader exposed himself amidst a supreme historic catastrophe. The book is yet another triumph for the author
Max Hastings
Few have mastered the alchemy of the popular historical novel quite like Harris
i News
Rollicking . . . Harris’s best book since Conclave
Spectator
Jaw-dropping . . . Nobody does this sort of yarn better
The Mail on Sunday
Gripping . . . One of Harris’s many admirable qualities as a novelist is his boldness
Margaret MacMillan, Financial Times
A wonderful book
Dominic Sandbrook
Stunning . . . With his unique eye for slipping between the gaps in history, Harris has created a gripping thriller
Express
Brilliant . . . blurs the line between fact and fiction, illuminating love and power
Alex Preston, Observer
Seamlessly blends fact and fiction . . . Gripping
Daily Mirror
Historically literate, politically astute and gripping to the last page
The Times
An impressive blend of fact and fiction . . . Beautiful
Politics Home
Compelling
The Week
Gripping . . . One of Harris's many admirable qualities as a novelist is his boldness
Financial Times
A juicy political drama drawn from history
Imogen Hermes Gowar, Guardian
Seamlessly blends fact and fiction . . . Gripping
Woman's Way
Absorbing . . . Easily on par with Harris's best historical fiction
Declan Burke, Irish Times
An astonishing story, brilliantly told
Sunday Independent
Heir to le Carré and John Buchan, Harris is the classy English novelist who, in both quality and quantity, reaches the parts most writers cannot reach. The bestseller list seems to keep a place waiting for him, and every book of his is read by the Queen before its publication date. The latest, Precipice, is no exception… Harris is exceptional at taking historical stories and making them irresistibly readable, with a huge emphasis on the writing
Independent
Gripping
Sunday Express
Robert Harris is a master of the historical novel
The Literary Review
Robert Harris is a master of the historical novel. He has a genius for taking facts and providing just enough invention or exaggeration to make a compelling story . . . Precipice is gripping and plausible
Literary Review
Robert Harris is nothing if not a great storyteller. . . This novel is among Harris’s very best
Alex Peake-Tomkinson, Evening Standard
[An] exquisitely told story
Spectator, Book of the Year
Top-notch writing
Harriet Walter