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Windmills of the Gods
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2005-12-21 Summary: Diamonds, Pearls, Mirrors & Lace. Dis is the Place to Face Fear, Fall, Then F L Y ! ... Sidney's world of the novel was recommended to me by my nephew, Lonnie Joe Hudnall, an ex marine who was based in Seoul Korea, as a military policeman, later adding translator to his list of duties performed to precision without pomp. When Lonnie lived somewhere he lived there, with those people, melding himself into their ways of doing, thinking, and speaking, as much as he could do that and honor his military commitments. When Lonnie recommended WINDMILLS OF THE GODS to me, which was my first dip into Sidney's mainstream ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2007-11-02 Summary: Woman President????? ... Outstanding intrigue that keeps you on the edge of your seat as our heroine, Mary Ashley, rises from a simple, happy life of wife, mother, and assistant professor at Kansas State University where she teaches Eastern European political science to the position of Ambassador of Romania. How this all comes about is quite the story. What is really a treat for the reader is the way Mary handles herself in this highly publicized and very political position (a lot of times with just some good old American know-how and common ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2004-12-10 Summary: Death and diplomacy ... During the Cold War, the President of the United States asks college professor and Mrs. Average America Mary Ashley to fill the very important post of Ambassador to Romania. She is flattered, but declines because her husband's job requires him to stay here. Faster than you can say "Conspiracy theory," the husband has a fatal accident and Mary is off to Bucharest, where the protocol is stifling, her office is bugged, and her assistant, smart aleck Mike Slade, just may be trying to kill her. This story is a bit of a ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | This classic best-selling thriller races from the White House to the romance of Paris and the shady menace of Cold War Bucharest as a young woman ambessador faces unseen and powerful enemies plotting her and her children's destruction....more

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