Wide is the Gate, written in 1943, is the fourth of the epic eleven
part classic Lanny Budd Series written by Upton Sinclair. Wide is
the Gate followed the 1943 Pulitzer Prize Winning Dragon's Teeth.
This book covers the period of 1934-1937 and introduces Lanny as a
secret double agent fighting the Nazi's as a supporter of the
resistance movement in Germany. Lanny is living primarily in
England with his wife of almost five years, Irma Barnes, the 23
million dollar heiress. Irma does not share Lanny's "red" view of
the world. Lanny's is conflicted continuously in his heart and soul
for the workers and social justice. Lanny attempts to commit to
Irma to "behave" himself and lead a normal aristocratic life. But
foremost he is committed to ending Nazism, Fascism and the over
throw of the democratically elected Spanish government. Irma
believes she is entitled to live in the style of the aristocrats of
Europe, she having inherited 23 million dollars from her late
father, J. Paramount Barnes. She cares not at all for anything
Lanny believes in. Lanny is awakened at the end of Dragon's Teeth
to the oncoming dangers of the Nazi's. He sees the armament
build-up and the militarism building in the Fatherland. Goring is
not to be trusted. But both English and French leaders fail to
recognize the menacing threat of the new Germany. Leading
politician believe the threat of the Bolsheviks and the Red Menace
poses a greater threat to European stability, aka, the ruling
classes, than do the Nazi's in Germany, and the Fascist in Italy
and Spain. Lanny involves himself in a double agent role by helping
a new friend, one who will be us through the remaining books,
Monck. Monck is a German socialist who is part of the underground
and works with the resistance movement to alert the German people
to the terrors of the Nazi's. Lanny helps a friend and colleague of
the late Fredi Robin, Trudi, through which he meets Monck. Many
adventures and dangers present themselves as Lanny travels back
into Germany as an Art expert, eventually dealing directly and on a
friendship basis with Hermann Goring. He uses the proceeds of the
confiscated artwork masterpieces stolen by Goring from Johannes
Robin to help finance and support the underground movement from
inside the heart of Naziland. Lanny and Irma also have an eventful
evening with Hitler, while hiding a hunted resistance worker in
their car while visiting Hitler's Berghof estate. Robbie Budd,
Lanny's father, has conceived the next great industrial advancement
on a grand scale, the airplane. Having lost Budd Gunmakers to the
Wall Street tycoons, Robbie sets out to develop the mass production
of airplanes. He offers first to England, and then to France, the
opportunity to build their air forces as protection in case of
another armed conflict, but facing the intransigence of both
countries politicians, he next offers his new high speed and
potentially deadly product to Goring and they thus become close
business associates. This alliance between Robbie and Goring offers
Lanny cover for his duplicitous activities against the Nazi's. As
alluded to at the end of Dragon's Teeth, Lan
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