In one of the most deliciously high-concept thrillers imaginable (The New Yorker) a young JFK travels to Europe on a secret mission for President Roosevelt It's the spring of 1939, and the prospect of war in Europe looms large. The United States has no intelligence service. In Washington, D.C., President Franklin Roosevelt may run for an unprecedented third term and needs someone he can trust to find out what the Nazis are up to. His choice: John F. Kennedy. It's a surprising selection. At twenty-two, Jack Kennedy is the attractive but unpromising second son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Roosevelt's ambassador to Britain (and occasional political adversary). But when Jack decides to travel through Europe to gather research for his Harvard senior thesis, Roosevelt takes the opportunity to use him as his personal spy. The president's goal: to stop the flow of German money that has been flooding the United States to buy the 1940 election-an election that Adolf Hitler intends Roosevelt lose. In a deft mosaic of fact and fiction, Francine Mathews has written a gripping espionage tale that explores what might have happened when a young Jack Kennedy is let loose in Europe as the world careens toward war. A potent combination of history and storytelling, Jack 1939 is a sexy, entertaining read.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Putnam INC International Concepts
ISBN-13
9781594631443
eBay Product ID (ePID)
202137408
Product Key Features
Book Title
Jack 1939
Author
Francine Mathews
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Thriller
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Historical
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
202mm
Item Width
130mm
Item Weight
308g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Francine Mathews
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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