Precipice by Robert Harris
There’s nothing wrong with being in love! To be recommended from time to time actually… And it’s quite normal if the initial sensation of ‘being in love’ blinds you to pretty much everything else in the world. Problems arise though if this blindness gets in the way with the fact that the country you’re Prime Minister of is sliding rapidly and inexorably into a state of war with Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire! And expect those problems to get worse if you treat your sweetheart to every state secret going, chuck secret dossiers nonchalantly out of your limousine window,…
Al31 January 2025
