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This book shows that William Shakespeare was a more personal writer
than any of his innumerable commentators have realised. It asserts
that numerous characters and events were drawn from the author's
life, and puts faces to the names of Jaques, Touchstone, Feste,
Jessica, the 'Dark Lady' and others. Steven Sohmer explores aspects
of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets that have been hitherto
overlooked or misinterpreted in an effort to better understand the
man and his work. If you've ever wondered who Pigrogromitus was, or
why Jaques spies on Touchstone and Audrey - or what the famous
riddle M.O.A.I. stands for - this is the book for you. -- .
This book shows that William Shakespeare was a more personal writer
than any of his innumerable commentators have realised. It asserts
that numerous characters and events were drawn from the author's
life, and puts faces to the names of Jaques, Touchstone, Feste,
Jessica, the 'Dark Lady' and others. Steven Sohmer explores aspects
of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets that have been hitherto
overlooked or misinterpreted in an effort to better understand the
man and his work. If you've ever wondered who Pigrogromitus was, or
why Jaques spies on Touchstone and Audrey - or what the famous
riddle M.O.A.I. stands for - this is the book for you. -- .
"Fast, characterful, intricate, surprising . . . Sohmer knows his
way around television, politics, Washington and suspense fiction."
-Los Angeles Times Book Review It begins with an assassination. A
Nicaraguan freedom fighter is gunned down on live TV while being
welcomed to the United States by Sen. Terry Fallon. Though shot and
wounded, Fallon, an up-and-coming political star from Texas,
survives, and milks the spotlight with help from his ambitious and
fiercely loyal press aide Sally Crain. As the nominating convention
looms on the horizon, incumbent president, Samuel Baker, faces an
uphill battle in his fight for a second term. His campaign needs an
injection of new blood-and who better than Fallon, the newly
crowned hero? But Baker's existing vice president isn't going down
without a fight . . . Thrust into the hunt for the assassin, two
FBI agents, a grizzled veteran, and a brash rookie, soon learn that
nothing is as it seems in the corridors-and bedrooms-of power.
Political operatives fight tooth and nail to control the narrative,
secrets are exposed and exploited, and a deadly virus is
weaponized, all to cover up a conspiracy that could topple the
American government. But for the most dangerous man in the world,
everything is falling into place, making it easier than ever for
his ascendency . . . "Extremely good reading." -The Washington Post
Book World "Outstanding." -The Cincinnati Post "Intensely plotted,
fast-moving." - Publishers Weekly "Exciting, scandalous." -Kirkus
Reviews "Top-notch thriller fiction . . . Irresistible." -Booklist
"Patriots is a miracle of suspense, a mined labyrinth of
electrifying politics, terror, and philosophy, which will rank with
the classics of storytelling." -Richard Condon, author of The
Manchurian Candidate As dawn breaks on Veterans Day, the American
president grapples with the responses-both good and bad-to the
announcement of his post-Cold War disarmament initiative, a plan
based on nuclear deterrence and reduced troop strength. From an
airfield in New York, a Vietnam War hero takes to the skies in a
stolen fighter jet armed with Patriot missiles, setting course for
Cuba. His actions put in motion by coded phrase known only to a
select few. And on an air force base in Washington, DC, one intel
officer realizes that only she can put together the pieces of a
treasonous conspiracy, one in which shocking acts of deception,
betrayal, and assassination will plunge the country into chaos-and
pit two superpowers against each other in the ultimate showdown . .
. In Patriots, Steve Sohmer puts you into the cockpit of a rogue
warplane, around the table in the tense White House Situation Room,
and into the minds of men and women willing to sacrifice it all for
love and loyalty.
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