The Dreyfus Affair by Peter Lefcourt

The Dreyfus Affair by Peter Lefcourt

France, the first European power to recognize the United States, also became the first to recognize the Republic of Texas as an independent state. This is the story of the man who built the French Legation in Austin, Alphonse Dubois de Saligny, charge d'affaires to King Louis Philippe of France. Dubois de Saligny's perceptive and detailed observations and impressions give a unique portrait of Texas and Texians in the 1840s. Volume 1, Recognition, Rupture, and Reconciliation, contains government memoranda and correspondence from Dubois. Volume 2, Mission Miscarried, also contains reports from Viscount Jules de Cramayel, charge d'affaires ad interim while Dubois was on leave.

Peter Lefcourt is a refugee from the trenches of Hollywood, where he has distinguished himself as a writer and producer of film and television. Among his credits are Cagney and Lacey, for which he won an Emmy. In 1991 Lefcourt published The Deal, a cult favorite in Hollywood, was one of the ten books that John Gotti reportedly ordered from jail, and was adapted into a movie -- starring William H. Macy, Meg Ryan and LL Cool J -- that premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. He was, until recently, a co-executive producer on ABC's Desperate Housewives. Peter lives in Santa Monica Canyon. Purgatory Gardens is his eighth novel.

Elmore Leonard, Dashiell Hammett, and Raymond Chandler are spreading the word in that celestial realm reserved for hard-boiled thriller writers. Peter Lefcourt's PURGATORY GARDENS is hilarious, touching, beautifully written, and engaging throughout. What's more, PURGATORY GARDENS is a hard-hitting but good-natured satire of just about everything that makes us Americans. Two thumbs up for this fine and very funny novel. --Howard Frank Mosher

Wickedly clever and wildly entertaining, Purgatory Gardens is crime fiction raised to a high art. Murder, lust and intrigue have never been more engaging or more fun. I enjoyed every page. It simply doesn't get any better than this.
--Peter Quinn, author of Dry Bones

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ISBN 13	9780679403449
ISBN 10	0679403442
Title	The Dreyfus Affair
Author	Peter Lefcourt
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1992-05-26
Number of pages	290
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