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Автор Аллен Друри
Table of Contents
Democracy
Original Preface to Advise and Consent
Major Characters
The Vice President
Book One: Bob Munson's Book
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Book Two: Seab Cooley's Book
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Book Three: Brigham Anderson's Book
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Book Four: Orrin Knox's Book
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Book Five: Advise and Consent
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Memories of Al
Appendices
Acknowledgments
Memorandum on Advise and Consent
ALLEN DRURY
ADVISE & CONSENT
The Landmark Masterpiece of Political Fiction
Allen Drury
The landmark masterpiece of political fiction, back in print! Allen Drury’s Advise and Consent is one of the high points of 20th Century literature, a seminal work of political fiction—as relevant today as when it was first published. A sweeping tale of corruption and ambition cut across the landscape of Washington, DC with the breadth and realism that only an astute observer and insider can convey.
Allen Drury has penetrated the world’s stormiest political battleground—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, 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
Includes Allen Drury’s never-before-published original preface to Advise and Consent, his essay for the Hoover Institution on the writing of the book, as well as poignant personal memoirs from Drury’s heirs.
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Smashwords Edition - 2014
WordFire Press
ISBN: 978-1-61475-079-6
Advise and Consent, Copyright 1959, 1987, Allen Drury.
Originally published by Doubleday & Co.
Copyright © 2014, Kevin D. Killiany and Kenneth A.
Killiany“Original Preface” and “Memorandum,” previously unpublished,
Copyright © 2014, Kevin D. Killiany and Kenneth A. Killiany
Memories of Al (1) Copyright © 2014, Kevin D. Killiany
Memories of Al (2) Copyright © 2014, Kenneth A. Killiany
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written permission of the copyright holder, except where permitted by law. This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination, or, if real, used fictitiously.
