Democracy
by Henry Adams
287 pages~5 hrs
“In the capital of ambition, power is the ultimate seduction.”
Bored with high-society New York, wealthy widow Madeleine Lee moves to Washington D.C. to uncover the true soul of American democracy. She soon finds herself navigating a treacherous landscape of political ambition and moral compromise where the quest for power masks the darkest of secrets.
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