Preserve and Protect

Allen Drury

ɔtb 2014 · Advise and Consent Livre 4 · WordFire +ORM

À propos de cet e-book

Part of the saga begun with the Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, “one of the finest and most gripping political novels of our era”(The New York Times).
 
The United States is thrown into chaos as the President is killed in a plane crash shortly after securing his party’s nomination in a hotly contested race for re-election. As suspicions are cast upon the circumstances of the plane crash, the incumbent party quickly convenes to nominate a candidate in a storm of domestic and international chaos. Against the backdrop of a rich cast of characters, the motivations and drives of each candidate and player help shape the future of the nation and the world.
 
Praise for Advise and Consent:
 
"Fifty years after its publication and astounding success . . . Allen Drury’s novel remains the definitive Washington tale. —The Wall Street Journal

À propos de l'auteur

Allen Drury is a master of political fiction, #1 New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner, best known for the landmark novel ADVISE AND CONSENT. A 1939 graduate of Stanford University, Allen Drury wrote for and became editor of two local California newspapers. While visiting Washington, DC, in 1943 he was hired by the United Press (UPI) and covered the Senate during the latter half of World War II. After the war he wrote for other prominent publications before joining the New York Times' Washington Bureau, where he worked through most of the 1950s. After the success of ADVISE AND CONSENT, he left journalism to write full time. He published twenty novels and five works of non-fiction, many of them best sellers. WordFire Press will be reissuing the majority of his works.