Summary
Robert Harris: On the Brink
Summer 1914. The world is on the brink of disaster. London. Twenty-six-year-old Venisha Stanley, a smart but slightly reckless aristocrat who is bored, is a member of the bohemian and fashionable high society known as "The Crew". She is also in a secret love relationship with Prime Minister H.H. Asquith, a man twice her age. He obsessively writes her letters, entrusting her with the most sensitive state secrets. As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war against Germany, a young intelligence officer from Scotland Yard is tasked with investigating a leak of top secret information. Suddenly, a sexual intrigue becomes a national security issue that could bring down the British government - and change the course of history. On the edge of the abyss is a brilliant, exciting thriller that flawlessly combines fact and fiction.
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