The thrilling new novel from the no.1 bestseller Robert Harris
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.
Categories: Thriller & suspense, adult library
Reading Age: Adult
RRP: Paperback in 464 pages NZ$38.00
Imprint: Hutchinson Heinemann
Published in NZ by Penguin Random House New Zealand
