| Advise and Consent Contributor(s): Drury, Allen (Author), Robertson, Allan (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1504770773 ISBN-13: 9781504770774 Publisher: Made for Success OUR PRICE: $58.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Political |
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| Publisher Description: The #1 New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winnerAllen Drury's Advise and Consent is one of the high points of twentieth-century literature. It is a seminal work of political fiction, as relevant today as when it was first published. A sweeping tale of corruption and ambition cuts across the landscape of Washington, DC, with the breadth and realism only an astute observer and insider can convey.Allen Drury has penetrated the world's stormiest political battleground and the smoke-filled committee rooms of the United States Senate to reveal the bitter conflicts set in motion when the president calls upon the Senate to confirm his controversial choice for secretary of state. This novel is a true epic, showing in fascinating detail the minds and motives of the statesmen, the opportunists, the idealists.From a Senate old-timer's wily maneuvers, a vicious demagogue's blistering smear campaign, and the ugly personal jealousies that turn a highly qualified candidate into a public spectacle to the tragic martyrdom of a presidential aspirant who refuses to sacrifice his principles for his career, never has there been a more revealing picture of Washington's intricate political, diplomatic, and social worlds. Advise and Consent is a timeless story with clear echoes of today's headlines. |
Contributor Bio(s): Drury, Allen: - Allen Drury (1918-1998) was an American novelist and journalist. He was born in Houston, Texas, and grew up in California where he received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University in 1939. Drury wrote the bestselling Advise and Consent, a political novel that won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Robertson, Allan: -Allan Robertson is an audiobook narrator whose readings include Tesla by W. Bernard Carlson, The Aftershock Investor by David Wiedemer, and The End of the Story by Clark Ashton Smith. |