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Saving the Queen is a 1976 American spy thriller novel by William F. Buckley, Jr., the first of eleven novels in the Blackford Oakes series. [1] Plot. This novel, set in 1952, reveals Oakes's childhood and educational background, his recruitment into the CIA, and the Agency's procedures for "handling" him.
The first novel in a lengthy series, SAVING THE QUEEN introduces us to Blackford Oakes, a young man whose first undercover operation for the CIA takes him to 1950's England. There Oakes finds himself caught up in a game of chess between the Soviet Union and Great Britain, and the newly-minted spy quickly discovers he doesn't know all the rules.
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Aug 25, 2015 · New York Times bestseller: The first mystery featuring the sophisticated deep-cover CIA agent: “Rollickingly ribald . . . Consistently witty.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review. Blackford Oakes has never been afraid of obeying orders. During the war, it’s what kept him alive.
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Jan 1, 2001 · Oakes saves the fictional Queen Caroline of Great Britain, and sleeps with her, all without breaking a sweat. Saving the Queen takes place in 1952, and someone close to the Queen is leaking information about the hydrogen bomb to the Soviets.
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Blackford Oakes Series. 11 primary works • 13 total works. In 1975, conservative icon William F. Buckley, Jr., published Saving the Queen, the first in a series of spy novels starring CIA agent Blackford Oakes.
Aug 25, 2015 · Saving the Queen. New York Times bestseller: The first mystery featuring the sophisticated deep-cover CIA agent: “Rollickingly ribald . . . Consistently witty.” —Los Angeles...
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