First Ladies: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0070076480
- ISBN-13
- 9780070076488
- Series
- First Ladies
- Category
- Elections
- Pages
- 429
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Companies
- Author
- Catherine Breslin
Description
This novel about Washington power politics follows Robin Devlin, the wife of a senator, and Priscilla Sterling, the wife of a former governor, as they struggle to help their husbands reach the White House
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