Presidential Agent

The Lanny Budd Novels, Book 5

By: Upton Sinclair

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

On the eve of World War II, Lanny Budd reenters the deadly snake pit of Nazi Germany as Roosevelt’s spy—in the pulse-pounding, Pulitzer Prize-winning series.

An American art expert raised in a world of European wealth and privilege, Lanny Budd is dedicated to his socialist ideals and to combatting the twin scourges of Nazism and Fascism. In 1937, a chance encounter in New York with Professor Charles Alston—his boss at the Paris Peace Conference and now one of President Roosevelt’s top advisors—provides Lanny with the opportunity to make a profound difference.

Appointed Presidential Agent 103, the international art dealer embarks on a secret assignment that takes him back into the Third Reich as the Allied powers prepare to cede Czechoslovakia to Adolf Hitler in a futile attempt to avoid war. But Lanny’s motivations are not just political: The woman he loves has fallen into the brutal hands of the Gestapo, and Lanny will risk everything to save her.

Presidential Agent is the action-packed fifth installment of Upton Sinclair’s Pulitzer Prize-winning series that brings the first half of the twentieth century to dramatic life. An astonishing mix of history, adventure, and romance, the Lanny Budd Novels are a testament to the breathtaking scope of the author’s vision and his singular talents as a storyteller.

©1944 Upton Sinclair (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Love this series

Came to it quite by accident. Had never read anything by Sinclair before this. Often confused him with Sinclair Lewis! He is a marvelous writer. Each book in the series is a wonderful balance between history lesson and pot boiler page turner. It looks a a delight to get to know the recurring characters in the books and visit with them again and again over the series. Going on the app now to buy the next one.

Important book for our times!

This is a great book, made even greater by the fantastic narration. I’ve loved every book in this series and can’t wait for the next one to come out.

More relevant today than ever.

History Repeat itself. The attacks An American democracy In the years following 2016 are but echoes of the rise of fascism In the 1930s. Upton Sinclair lived and wrote those times. The Lanny Buds series lays out the road map for us today.

Addictive

Entertaining. Great character development weaving a textured canvas for a work of art. Poignant as the story is eerily reflective of current, world situations.

History up close

An interesting view of the events leading up the WWII. The characters are well developed, the story line spot on.