Precipice: A Novel Middle Eastern History After the US declaration of

After the US declaration of war on Germany

offering a new perspective on such issues as the ethno-religious bloodletting and forced population transfers which attended the breakup of empire

And he shows how the entire world came out of the war utterly changed

Among the more unusual recipes are "head cheese" (meat stew made from scraps) and pickled pigsfeet

Petersburg to Paris under the shadow of World War I

Precipice: A Novel Middle Eastern History After the US declaration ofDescription By Robert Harris Hardcover A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the Great War from the bestselling author of Act of Oblivion, Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, and Conclave. Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, twenty six year old Venetia Stanleyaristocratic, clever, bored, recklessis part of a fast group of upper crust bohemians and socialites known as The