Lanny Budd Series by Upton Sinclair

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  • World's End (Lanny Budd #1)
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    World's End (Lanny Budd #1)

    Upton Sinclair

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1940

    World's End is the first novel in Upton Sinclair's Lanny Budd series. First published in 1940, the story covers the period from 1913 to 1919. This is the beginning of a monumental 7,340 page novel, the story of Lanny Budd, a young American, beginning in Europe in 1913. It is also an intimate record of a great world which fell victim to its own civilization. A new world was about to be born.

  • Between Two Worlds (Lanny Budd #2)
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    Between Two Worlds (Lanny Budd #2)

    Upton Sinclair

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1941

    From the rise of Fascism in Europe to the stock market crash on Wall Street, the second installment of this Pulitzer Prize–winning series of historical novels captures the drama, intrigue, and excitement of the Roaring Twenties The First World War brought an abrupt end to Lanny Budd’s idyllic youth. Now, in the wake of the Treaty of Versailles, he barely recognizes the beloved Europe of his boyhood... more

  • Dragon's Teeth (Lanny Budd #3)
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    Dragon's Teeth (Lanny Budd #3)

    Upton Sinclair

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1942

    Pulitzer Prize Winner: An American in Germany fights against the rising tide of Nazi terror in this monumental saga of twentieth-century world history.In the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, Lanny Budd’s financial acumen and his marriage into great wealth enable him to continue the lifestyle he has always enjoyed... more

  • Wide Is the Gate (Lanny Budd #4)
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    Wide Is the Gate (Lanny Budd #4)

    Upton Sinclair

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1943

    Upton Sinclair’s Pulitzer Prize–winning saga continues as Lanny Budd faces the horrors of Nazi Germany and steps into the fire of the Spanish Civil War Lanny Budd’s dedication to social justice and political action has placed a serious strain on his marriage to his heiress wife, Irma, but as he moves through the 1930s, the international art dealer is unable to turn a blind eye to what is happening in Europe... more

  • Presidential Agent (Lanny Budd #5)
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    Presidential Agent (Lanny Budd #5)

    Upton Sinclair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1944

    On the eve of World War II, Lanny Budd reenters the deadly snake pit of Nazi Germany as a presidential spy An American art expert raised in a world of European wealth and privilege, Lanny Budd is dedicated to his socialist ideals and to combatting the twin scourges of Nazism and Fascism... more

  • A World to Win (Lanny Budd #7)
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    A World to Win (Lanny Budd #7)

    Upton Sinclair

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1946

    Presidential secret agent Lanny Budd is targeted by allies and enemies alike as the deadly tide of war rolls across Europe Europe, 1940. As war rages across the continent, America watches anxiously from the sidelines. And President Franklin Roosevelt has been keeping an even closer eye on developments in the Third Reich. At the president’s personal request, Lanny Budd gained the confidence of the Nazi high command and began transmitting valuable information back to the White House... more

  • Presidential Mission (Lanny Budd #8)
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    Presidential Mission (Lanny Budd #8)

    Upton Sinclair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1947

    With America at war, Lanny Budd risks life and limb from North Africa to Moscow on behalf of the Allied cause Members of the German high command believe that American art expert Lanny Budd is sympathetic to their cause, but since 1938 he has been an undercover agent working for President Franklin Roosevelt. Now, in 1941, the United States has been pulled into the fray by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and Lanny’s services are required more than ever... more

  • O Shepherd, Speak! (Lanny Budd #10)
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    O Shepherd, Speak! (Lanny Budd #10)

    Upton Sinclair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1949

    As Presidential Agent 103, Lanny Budd witnesses the collapse of the Nazis, the bombing of Hiroshima, and the Nuremberg Trials in this novel in the Pulitzer Prize–winning saga.   As a spy for President Franklin Roosevelt, Lanny Budd was able to infiltrate the inner circle of the Nazi high command and glean essential information on behalf of the Allied cause... more

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