political intrigue Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/political-intrigue/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Thu, 03 Mar 2022 23:02:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg political intrigue Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/political-intrigue/ 32 32 38398750 Our American Friend https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/03/our-american-friend/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/03/our-american-friend/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2022 05:53:17 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16543 What kind of trouble has to have occurred to leave an American journalist stranded in Croatia with her husband because the U.S. is unsafe for her? In Our American Friend, Anna Pitoniak’s new novel, it’s her subject who’s the problem. Sofie Morse was chosen by Lara Caine, the president’s wife to write her biography. How […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/03/our-american-friend/feed/ 4 16543 State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Clinton https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/10/state-of-terror-by-louise-penny-and-hillary-clinton/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/10/state-of-terror-by-louise-penny-and-hillary-clinton/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:55:01 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16208 We’ve all heard of crossover artists. Singers who become actors. Actors who become writers. But politicians? Not so much. Politicking is a skill that doesn’t often translate to other arenas. I tried reading fiction by a politician that I admire tremendously and I quit at 10%. So, it was with great trepidation that I decided […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/10/state-of-terror-by-louise-penny-and-hillary-clinton/feed/ 2 16208 Impostor Syndrome: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/06/impostor-syndrome-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/06/impostor-syndrome-a-novel/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2021 04:45:32 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15798 One Julia is the wildly successful COO of Tangerine, one of the world’s largest technology companies (think Facebook). She’s happily married, living a life most of us only dream about. The other is a watchful, young Russian orphan desperate to be adopted. Plain and quiet, she’s ignored until later she catches the eye of Leo, […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/06/impostor-syndrome-a-novel/feed/ 4 15798 Where’s an Editor When You Need One?: Mini-Reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/04/wheres-an-editor-when-you-need-one/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/04/wheres-an-editor-when-you-need-one/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2018 07:08:27 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=10441   We’ve all read novels by authors who have a way with words, know how to shape a sentence, generate tension…all the good stuff, right? But what about when that good stuff keeps going and going until what felt like a perfect balance turns into words and plot piling on unchecked? I’m left either annoyed […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/04/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-9/feed/ 15 10425 The Cuban Affair by Nelson DeMille https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/cuban-affair-nelson-demille/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/cuban-affair-nelson-demille/#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2017 07:23:25 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9410 Nelson DeMille and his long-time protagonist, John Corey, have been my go-to guys for action for decades. Generally, I’m not a fan of the spy/political thriller/blow-things-up genre, but I read all of the Corey series and loved them for his smart ass attitude towards authority and rude humor. DeMille is one of those authors who […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/cuban-affair-nelson-demille/feed/ 3 9410 In the Name of the Family https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/03/in-the-name-of-the-family/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/03/in-the-name-of-the-family/#comments Wed, 15 Mar 2017 07:16:34 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=8496   Apparently, all roads do lead to Rome—at least in my March historical fiction reading so far! On Monday, I reviewed The Confessions of Young Nero and today I’m jumping forward 1,400 years with Sarah Dunant’s new novel about the Borgia family. In the Name of the Family opens with the scandal soaked Borgias firmly […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/03/in-the-name-of-the-family/feed/ 4 8496 The Confessions of Young Nero https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/03/confessions-young-nero/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/03/confessions-young-nero/#comments Mon, 13 Mar 2017 07:47:07 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=8490   Who hasn’t heard some version of the phrase “Nero fiddled while Rome burned”? It’s long been the standard epitaph for any ruler so decadent and foolish that they were more interested in entertaining and enriching themselves than running a country. Hhhhmmm. Current similarities aside, Margaret George decides to investigate the life of Emperor Nero […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/03/confessions-young-nero/feed/ 7 8490 The Rhythm of Memory https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/12/the-rhythm-of-memory/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/12/the-rhythm-of-memory/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:27:48 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1047 Octavio met his beloved wife, Salomé, when she was 17, attending a convent school. He wooed her relentlessly despite her family’s objections to his low status and lack of any real means of supporting her. They marry anyway and with his good looks and charisma Octavio goes on to become one of the most well-known […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/12/the-rhythm-of-memory/feed/ 1 1047 The Panther https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/10/the-panther/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/10/the-panther/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 07:15:00 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=783 Just when you thought it might not happen, John Corey, in all his irascible, ornery, and often spot-on political incorrectness, returns. And this time he’s the hunter…or is he? After an absence of two years Nelson DeMille brings Corey back to wrap-up the story that began in The Lion’s Game and continued in The Lion.There, Corey […]

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