Tells quite the tale. Been out for two years. No reviews. This book is being suppressed.
Peace, K http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679310815 The Witness Tree Written by Brendan Howley and John J. Loftus Category: Format: Hardcover, 464 pages Publisher: Random House Canada ISBN: 978-0-679-31081-5 (0-679-31081-9) Pub Date: October 9, 2007 Price: $34.95 About this Book A political epic based on the early life of Eleanor Dullessister of John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, and Allen Dulles, the first head of the CIAand the secret beginnings of modern Israel. The Witness Tree interweaves years of classified research by co-author and Nazi war crimes investigator John Loftus with a perilous love storythe result is a sweeping novel of a diplomatic dynasty, born in the hope and treachery that defined the twentieth century. Eleanor Dulles comes from one of the most respected families in America. An economist and a socialist, she is the family rebeland its last hope for salvation. Her affair with a mysterious younger man leads them into fateful brushes with the Zionist underground and the Soviet Comintern. Eleanor comes to understand her family¹s connections to the treasonous Second World War oil business, and the unlikely lovers are led separately from war-torn Europe toward the doorstep of Nelson Rockefeller himself, with profound implications for the future of the Middle East. Part family saga, part political thriller, The Witness Tree imagines the little-known life of a woman who became the conscience of her family with a single, desperate act to redeem the soul of a nation betrayed. Back to top | e-mail or print this page About this Author Brendan Howley is a novelist, an investigative reporter and screenwriter. He lives in Stratford, Ontario. The Witness Tree is his third novel. John Loftus is a former US Justice Department Nazi war crimes investigator, a whistleblowers¹ attorney, an expert in intelligence matters, and author of the bestselling books The Secret War Against the Jews and Unholy Trinity. He lives in Tampa, Florida.
