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PALACE COUNCIL
by Carter, Stephen L
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0307266583
- ISBN 13
- 9780307266583
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 2008. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The third novel in Carter's Elm Grove series of political thrillers. "Palace Council" begins in 1952 with a secret meeting on Martha's Vineyard of twenty prominent men who develop a plan to manipulate the President of the United States. A short time later one of the twenty is found murdered by young black man, Eddie Wesley, a rising literary star, in Harlem, and then Eddie's sister mysteriously disappears, beginning Eddie's 20-year search for truth about the Palace Council. Previous owner's name written neatly on fep, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. Dust jacket shows narrow crease across lower end of spine and vertical crease on the back flap, o/w only minor surface and edge wear, no tears, no chipping, not price-clipped.
Synopsis
Bestselling author Stephen L. Carter delivers a gripping political thriller set against the backdrop of Watergate, Vietnam, and the Nixon White House.Philmont Castle is a man who has it all: wealth, respect, and connections. He's the last person you'd expect to fall prey to a murderer, but then his body is found on the grounds of a Harlem mansion by the young writer Eddie Wesley, who along with the woman he loves, Aurelia Treene, is pulled into a twenty-year search for the truth. The disappearance of Eddie's sister June makes their investigation even more troubling. As Eddie and Aurelia uncover layer upon layer of intrigue, their odyssey takes them from the wealthy drawing rooms of New York through the shady corners of radical politics all the way to the Oval Office and President Nixon himself.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005431
- Title
- PALACE COUNCIL
- Author
- Carter, Stephen L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0307266583
- ISBN 13
- 9780307266583
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, THRILLER, POLITICS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN ,NIXON, HARLEM, 1950S, VIETNAM, POLITICAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Intrigue; Historical Mystery; African American;
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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