The protagonist, really a buckley alterego, blackford oakes has had every privilege breeding, looks, wealth, health, intelligence, and entry into the homes of the elite. When the queen s life is threatened, it takes a remarkable cia agent to save. A comedy of errors ensues, with two possible suitors pressing their claims upon beatrixand also on the queen. Connoisseurs of the cloakanddagger tradition know william f.
Worst of all, the leaks have been traced directly to the queen. Click the download button to download a copy of the marc file. Goodreads members who liked saving the queen blackf. Saving the queen the blackford oakes mysteries book 1 kindle edition by buckley, william f download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc. Apr 05, 2012 bought this book for my 5 year old daughter.
In the queens case, we can see her willingness to subordinate her own life to duty, in her two families of children. Oakes seems to have been buckleys american answer to james bond. But edward proved to lack the grit, application and sense of sacrifice which is so crucial to being a monarch. God save the queen is a curious romp through time proven fairytale characters and the archetypes that have sustained them for millennia with a definite postmodern twist.
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