Allen Drury

“In his second straight best seller on the issues of our times, Allen Drury shifts his focus from the United States Senate to the United Nations, where a diplomatic crisis precipitated by international racial tensions threatens to destroy the world organization.” Sequel to Advise and Consent

In their conduct of foreign policy, modern American presidents must never utter threats they can't - or won't - enforce, make promises they can't - or won't - keep, or renege on their commitments to their allies. This is the underlying premise of the powerful new political novel by Allen Drury. The battle for strategic advantage, for the world's headlines and broadcasts, and for domestic political advantage, as the President prepares to run for a second term, forms the basis of this informed, sophisticated, and fascinating novel of present-day politics in all its tricky variations from Washington to Greater Lolome City, with the United Nations a major stop along the way.

“What are the real forces behind the decisions of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary of Defense .. and even the President? America is about to find out—the hard way. Because the Soviets have a surprise in store for us that involves a secret nuking, a little-known island, and a daring gamble that can blast the balance of power all to hell in--Pentagon.”

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.

It is one of the most fundamental questions facing America today: How justifiably, or irresponsibly, do the volatile and unbiased American media—press, television and radio—attempt to interfere with, and control, the political process and the foreign policy of the nation? In a hotly fought Presidential primary, the news media fractures along ideological lines, supporting and distorting the candidates’ records, manipulating the news rather than covering it. Capable of Honor, the third novel in the grand, bestselling Advise and Consent saga, is a compelling blockbuster that shines a harsh and revealing spotlight on how the media shapes the news, guides public opinion, creates policy—and tries to shape history itself.

This book blends the talents of two of Washington's most astute and honored observers. Allen Drury and Fred Maroon each spent some three months exploring the corridors of power in the Nixon White House. They observed policy-making meetings and off-the-record interviews, official ceremonies and informal conversations. Promised free access and full co-operation, they met independently with nearly every important figure in the administration, recording the faces, voices and personalities behind the names in the headlines.

American political novel first published in 1973, one of two contrasting sequels to Preserve and Protect (1968) In this sequel, the conservative presidential candidate has been assassinated, and his running mate, the liberal Governor of California, becomes President.

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. Book 4 of 6 in Advise and Consent Series.

"This book explores the exciting culture and many festivals that are celebrated in Egypt"--Provided by publisher.

The epic story of a Senator’s rise and fall. Mark Coffin of California was barely thirty years old when he won a startling upset victory in his race for a seat in the U.S. Senate. A bright, handsome, energetic idealist with a passion for decency in government, he thought his honesty and dedication would see him through anything. But Washington, DC, was all too eager to teach him the hard lessons of gamesmanship and compromise. Neither Mark Coffin nor his wife were prepared for what Washington had in store for them: the bizarre sex scandal that would threaten to destroy not only Mark Coffin’s career and his personal life, but all of the political reforms he was fighting so desperately to achieve.

Sworn in as president after the death of his predecessor, Hamilton Delbacker suddenly must confront problems of enormous magnitude, including threatening statements issued by Yuri Serapin, premier of an economically and militarily revitalized Russia.

The signing of a Sino-Soviet cooperation treaty upsets the precarious balance of world power, as the Soviets take the opportunity to foster uprisings in four nations linked to the U.S.

Based on life of Akhenaten IV, 10th King and Pharaoh of Egypt.