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by Harris, Robert
Edition statement:First U.S. edition. Published by : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers (New York, NY ) Physical details: vii, 450 pages 24 cm. ISBN:9780063248052; 0063248050.
Subject(s): World War -- Great Britain -- Fiction. -- 1914-1918 | Socialites -- England -- London -- Fiction. | Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Fiction. | Intelligence officers -- Great Britain -- Fiction. | Security classification (Government documents) -- Fiction. | Adultery -- Fiction. | Letter writing -- Fiction. | Historical fiction. | Thrillers (Fiction) | Novels. | Romans.
Year: 2024
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Fiction Har (Browse shelf) Checked out 03/18/2025 114998

"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2024 by Hutchinson Heinemann." -- Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-450).

"Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, twenty-six-year-old Venetia Stanley--aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless--is part of a fast group of upper-crust bohemians and socialites known as "The Coterie." She's also engaged in a clandestine 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 with Scotland Yard is assigned to investigate a leak of top-secret documents. Suddenly, what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that could topple the British government--and will alter the course of political history"--

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