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Name: Saving the Queen

Author: William F. Buckley, Jr.
Year: 1976
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Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Historical fiction

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ISBNs:
9780446891646
9781581824612
0446891649
1581824610

President Truman is near the end of his term in office, and Great Britain has a new queen. It is 1952, the Cold War is heating up, and vital military secrets are falling into Soviet hands. The CIA faces a delicate dilemma for the source of the leaks has been traced directly to the Queen s chambers. The situation must be resolved but without damaging the young Queen s self-confidence and public credibility.

Young Blackford Oakes, the handsome, debonaire, and audacious Yale graduate and ex-fighter pilot, is selected to penetrate the royal circle, win the Queen s confidence, and plug the leak. The action leads to an explosive showdown in the skies over London, one that could determine the future of the West.

Buckley presents a thrilling spy novel as he introduces Blackforf Oakes for the first time in "Saving the Queen.""