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The Second Lady (1980)

by Irving Wallace

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The glamorous First Lady is abducted by the Soviets while in Moscow on a state visit, and a superbly trained Russian agent who is her perfect lookalike takes her place.
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Actually ,in my opinion, this book is somewhere between 3-3.5 stars. The story and it's plot are really good. The characters are strong and play well in the story ,but it sometimes is dragged and predictable in places. It's an incomplete climax,but that is kind of expected. It's a good book according to me. ( )
  manogna_thumukunta | Jun 5, 2020 |
Soviet double for Pres. wife – good

After years of plastic surgery and special training, the KGB substitutes a Russian actress for the American First Lady and only journalist Guy Parker notices a few tiny, but telltale, inconsistencies
  christinejoseph | Jul 28, 2015 |
entertaining but predictable. i guess it played on fears over Russia when it was written? the First Lady is replaced by a lookalike who attempts to obtain info directly from the President, her act carries into the bedroom, blahblahblah. ( )
  EhEh | Apr 3, 2013 |
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  archivomorero | Feb 13, 2023 |
"Billie Bradford is beautiful, intelligent, enchanting and the First Lady of the United States. In Russia there exists a woman who is her exact double, down to the most secret detail. They call her the Second Lady.
It is the Second Lady who will share the Presidential spotlight, who will be privy to state secrets and who will sleep in the President's bed... Just long enough to tip the balance of power away from the West. While the real Billie Bradford must fight her ruthless jailers in a foreign land – with the only weapon she has..."
  rajendran | May 27, 2006 |
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"Oh, che garbuglio di tela tessiamo /
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'Marmion, A Tale of Flodden Field', 1808
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