The Prophet of Love: And Other Tales of Power and Deceit

The Prophet of Love: And Other Tales of Power and Deceit
ISBN-10
1582344639
ISBN-13
9781582344638
Category
Political Science
Pages
275
Language
English
Published
2004-05-14
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Author
Elizabeth Kolbert

Description

A journalist reassesses the complex workings of power in New York in a collection of incisive portraits of such figures as Boss Tweed, Hillary Clinton, Rudolph Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, Al Sharpton, and others to explain why certain people attain power, how they use it, and how they lose it. 15,000 first printing.

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