Presidential Agent
Published on 19. January 2016
655 pages
978-1-5040-2649-9 (ISBN)
Description
On the eve of World War II, Lanny Budd reenters the deadly snake pit of Nazi Germany as Roosevelt's spy-in the pulse-pounding, Pulitzer Prize-winning series.
An American art expert raised in a world of European wealth and privilege, Lanny Budd is dedicated to his socialist ideals and to combatting the twin scourges of Nazism and Fascism. In 1937, a chance encounter in New York with Professor Charles Alston-his boss at the Paris Peace Conference and now one of President Roosevelt's top advisors-provides Lanny with the opportunity to make a profound difference.
Appointed Presidential Agent 103, the international art dealer embarks on a secret assignment that takes him back into the Third Reich as the Allied powers prepare to cede Czechoslovakia to Adolf Hitler in a futile attempt to avoid war. But Lanny's motivations are not just political: The woman he loves has fallen into the brutal hands of the Gestapo, and Lanny will risk everything to save her.
Presidential Agent is the action-packed fifth installment of Upton Sinclair's Pulitzer Prize-winning series that brings the first half of the twentieth century to dramatic life. An astonishing mix of history, adventure, and romance, the Lanny Budd Novels are a testament to the breathtaking scope of the author's vision and his singular talents as a storyteller.
An American art expert raised in a world of European wealth and privilege, Lanny Budd is dedicated to his socialist ideals and to combatting the twin scourges of Nazism and Fascism. In 1937, a chance encounter in New York with Professor Charles Alston-his boss at the Paris Peace Conference and now one of President Roosevelt's top advisors-provides Lanny with the opportunity to make a profound difference.
Appointed Presidential Agent 103, the international art dealer embarks on a secret assignment that takes him back into the Third Reich as the Allied powers prepare to cede Czechoslovakia to Adolf Hitler in a futile attempt to avoid war. But Lanny's motivations are not just political: The woman he loves has fallen into the brutal hands of the Gestapo, and Lanny will risk everything to save her.
Presidential Agent is the action-packed fifth installment of Upton Sinclair's Pulitzer Prize-winning series that brings the first half of the twentieth century to dramatic life. An astonishing mix of history, adventure, and romance, the Lanny Budd Novels are a testament to the breathtaking scope of the author's vision and his singular talents as a storyteller.
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Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, activist, and politician whose novel
The Jungle (1906)led to the passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act. Born into an impoverished family in Baltimore, Maryland, Sinclair entered City College of New York five days before his fourteenth birthday. He wrote dime novels and articles for pulp magazines to pay for his tuition, and continued his writing career as a graduate student at Columbia University. To research
The Jungle, he spent seven weeks working undercover in Chicago's meatpacking plants. The book received great critical and commercial success, and Sinclair used the proceeds to start a utopian community in New Jersey. In 1915, he moved to California, where he founded the state's ACLU chapter and became an influential political figure, running for governor as the Democratic nominee in 1934. Sinclair wrote close to one hundred books during his lifetime, including
Oil!(1927), the inspiration for the 2007 movie
There Will Be Blood;
Boston (1928), a documentary novel revolving around the Sacco and Vanzetti case;
The Brass Check, a muckraking exposé of American journalism; and the eleven novels in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lanny Budd series.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Author's Note
- Book One: Seats of the Mighty
- 1 Sweet Aspect of Princes
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- 2 Wise as Serpents
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- 3 Trust in Princes
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- 4 Plus Triste Que Les Nuits
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- Book Two: Wrong Forever on the Throne
- 5 Forward Into Battle
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- 6 Blondel Song
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- 7 Spain's Chivalry Away
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- 8 This Yellow Slave
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- Book Three: Most Disastrous Chances
- 9 His Honor Rooted in Dishonor
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- 10 Falsely True
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- 11 Time by the Forelock
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- 12 Observe the Opportunity
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- 13 My Life on Any Chance
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- Book Four: In the Midst of Wolves
- 14 The Jingling of the Guinea
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- 15 To Have a Giant's Strength
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- 16 Fuming Vanities
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- 17 Dangerous Majesty
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- Book Five: Extravagant and Erring Spirit
- 18 Après Nous Le Déluge
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- 19 Vaulting Ambition
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- 20 Mohammed's Mountain
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- 21 Der Führer Hat Immer Recht
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- 22 Foul Deeds Will Rise
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- Book Six: A Full Hot Horse
- 23 Les Beaux Yeux De Ma Casette
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- 24 God's Footstool
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- 25 Slings and Arrows
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- 26 Pleasure Never Is at Home
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- Book Seven: The Things That Are Caesar's
- 27 Fever of the World
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- 28 The Stars in their Courses
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- 29 The Hurt That Honor Feels
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- 30 Hell's Foundations Tremble
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- 31 Courage Mounteth with Occasion
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- Preview: Dragon Harvest
- About the Author
- Copyright Page
