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Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1959.
Language
English
Description
"The President of the United States nominates the controversial Robert A. Leffingwell to be Secretary of State, and as that startling news reverberates throughout Washington a powerful politician commits suicide, a Congressional Committee comes up with a surprise witness, there is a vote of censure by the Senate, and the cynicism and selfishness and altruism and loyalty and ambitions of America's public servants are revealed." --
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1961.
Language
English
Description
[This play] explores the United States Senate confirmation of controversial Secretary of State nominee Robert Leffingwell who is a former member of the Communist Party. The original novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960. --www.wikipedia.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1968.
Language
English
Description
Uses characters and settings from Advise and consent, A shade of difference, and Capable of honor.
In this political thriller, Drury describes the chaos that overtakes America and the world with the suspicious death of the President just after his renomination. His death leaves the incumbent party without a candidate or an easy method for selecting one.