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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 familys 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 t

Who reads The Witness Tree : a Novel?

Author

Brendan Howley, John J. Loftus

Publisher

[Toronto]: Random House Canada

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679310815

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Thriller

Rating

4.8 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14