Advise and Consent (Franklin Library Signed Limited Edition series)
by DRURY, Allen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Advise and Consent is a 1959 political novel written by Allen Drury which explores the reactions of those in and around the United States Senate to the controversial nomination of Robert Leffingwell, a former Communist Party member, to be United States Secretary of State. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960, and was followed by A Shade of Difference in 1962 and four subsequent sequels.
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87693
- Title
- Advise and Consent (Franklin Library Signed Limited Edition series)
- Author
- DRURY, Allen
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1977
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Pulitzer, Nobel, Booker, Nat Book Award Prize;
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