The Witness Tree

Howley, Brendan; Loftus, John J.

ISBN 10: 0679314210 / ISBN 13: 9780679314219

Published by Vintage Canada, 2009

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Synopsis:

A political epic based on the early life of Eleanor Dulles–sister of John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, and Allen Dulles, the first head of the CIA–and the secret beginnings of modern Israel.

The Witness Tree interweaves years of classified research by co-author and Nazi war crimes investigator John Loftus with a perilous love story–the result is a sweeping novel of a diplomatic dynasty, born in the hope and treachery that defined the twentieth century.

Eleanor Dulles comes from one of the most respected families in America. An economist and a socialist, she is the family rebel–and its last hope for salvation. Her affair with a mysterious younger man leads them into fateful brushes with the Zionist underground and the Soviet Comintern. Eleanor comes to understand her family’s connections to the treasonous Second World War oil business, and the unlikely lovers are led separately from war-torn Europe toward the doorstep of Nelson Rockefeller himself, with profound implications for the future of the Middle East.
Part family saga, part political thriller, The Witness Tree imagines the little-known life of a woman who became the conscience of her family with a single, desperate act to redeem the soul of a nation betrayed.

About the Author: Brendan Howley is a novelist, an investigative reporter and screenwriter. He lives in Stratford, Ontario. The Witness Tree is his third novel.

John Loftus is a former US Justice Department Nazi war crimes investigator, a whistleblowers’ attorney, an expert in intelligence matters, and author of the bestselling books The Secret War Against the Jews and Unholy Trinity. He lives in Tampa, Florida.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Witness Tree
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: acceptable