Drury, Allen Advise and Consent ISBN 13: 9780385054195

Advise and Consent - Hardcover

9780385054195: Advise and Consent
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
Complex study of the events and reasons that govern the Senators' decisions when they must confirm the President's choice for Secretary of State

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Book Description:

The #1 New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner

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 cuts 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.

About the Author:
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.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherDoubleday
  • Publication date1959
  • ISBN 10 038505419X
  • ISBN 13 9780385054195
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages638
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9781614755746: Advise and Consent

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9781614755746
Publisher: Wordfire Press, 2017
Softcover

  • 9781614750789: Advise and Consent

    WordFi..., 2014
    Softcover

  • 9781614755739: Advise and Consent

    Wordfi..., 2017
    Hardcover

  • 9780380010073: Advise and Consent (Advise and Consent, Book 1)

    Avon B..., 1981
    Softcover

  • 9781568490601: Advise and Consent

    Buccan..., 1993
    Hardcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Drury, Allen
Published by Doubleday (1959)
ISBN 10: 038505419X ISBN 13: 9780385054195
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Save With Sam
(North Miami, FL, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # VIB038505419X

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 79.34
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Drury, Allen
Published by Doubleday (1959)
ISBN 10: 038505419X ISBN 13: 9780385054195
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
BennettBooksLtd
(LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.75. Seller Inventory # Q-038505419x

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 99.99
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 5.43
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Drury, Allen
Published by Doubleday (1959)
ISBN 10: 038505419X ISBN 13: 9780385054195
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
BennettBooksLtd
(LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.75. Seller Inventory # Q-038505419X

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 99.99
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 5.43
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds