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TerrificThebooksfun part is its name game, as familiar historic figures mingle with made-up charactersThe storylines dangling threads are braided into a tight, clever finish, worthy of a vintage spy caper or 007s own playbook. Now which president will Stewart select for his next escapade? The Washington Post
Against the backdrop of the Paris Peace Conference that would remake Europe in the wake of World War I, David O. Stewart reunites Dr. Jamie Fraser and Speed Cook, protagonists of the acclaimed The Lincoln Deception, in an intriguing presidential mystery
After four years of horror The Great War has ended, and President Woodrow Wilsons arrival in Paris in December 1918 unites the city in ecstatic celebration. Major Jamie Fraser, an army physician who has spent ten months tending American soldiers, is among the crowd that throngs the Place de la Concorde for Wilsons visit. As an expert on the Spanish influenza, Fraser is also called in to advise the presidents own doctor on how best to avoid the deadly disease. Despite his robust appearance, Wilson is more frail than the public realizes. And at this pivotal moment in history, with the Allied victors gathering to forge a peace treaty, the presidents health could decide the fate of nations.
While Fraser tries to determine the truth about Wilsons maladies, he encounters a man he has not seen for twenty years. Speed Cookex-professional ball player and advocate for Negro rightsis desperate to save his son Joshua, an army sergeant wrongly accused of desertion. Pledging to help Cook, Fraser approaches Allen Dulles, a charming American spy who is also Wilsons close aide. Soon Cook and Frasers personal quest will dovetail with the dramatic events unfolding throughout Paris, as French premier Georges Clemenceau narrowly survives an assassination attempt and peace negotiations begin to unravel. Rivalries and hidden agendas abound. At stake is not only Joshua Cooks freedom, but the fragile treaty that may be the only way to stop Europe from plunging into another brutal war.
With a cast of vividly drawn characters that includes T.E. Lawrence, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill, David O. Stewarts fast-paced novel is a riveting and expertly researched blend of history and suspenseilluminating, deftly plotted, and thoroughly satisfying.
