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A World to Win (The Lanny Budd Novels) Kindle Edition

by Upton Sinclair (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars 240 ratings
Presidential Agent 103 is targeted by allies and enemies alike as the Nazis roll across Europe in this novel in the Pulitzer Prize–winning series.

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.
 
Espionage is a dangerous game, however, and Presidential Agent 103 soon finds himself a target of the French Resistance fighters he is attempting to assist. On a trip to London, Lanny avoids death during a Luftwaffe bombing raid and takes part in the capture of Rudolf Hess. He gets stranded in Asia and is forced to make his way across war-torn China after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor finally brings the United States into the global melee. But Lanny’s most important mission still lies before him: He must enter the lion’s den alone and unprotected once more to unearth the Nazi Party’s most deeply buried secret—the progress of Hitler’s scientists in the race to build the atom bomb.
 
A World to Win is the electrifying seventh chapter of the Pulitzer Prize–winning series that brings the first half of the twentieth century to vivid life. An astonishing mix of history, adventure, and romance, the Lanny Budd Novels are a testament to the breathtaking scope of Upton Sinclair’s vision and his singular talents as a storyteller.
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  5. Publication date
    January 19, 2016
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“These historical novels engulfed me in the thrilling and terrible imperatives of history. . . . Sinclair’s historical acumen and his calculations about powerful institutions—government, press, corporations, oil cartels and lobbyists—remain remarkably shrewd and often prescient.” —The New York Times

“Few works of fiction are more fun to read; fewer still make history half as clear, or as human.” —Time

“When people ask me what has happened in my long lifetime, I do not refer them to the newspaper files and to the authorities, but to [Upton Sinclair’s] novels.” —George Bernard Shaw

“A great and well-balanced design . . . I think it the completest and most faithful portrait of that period that has been done or will likely be done.” —H. G. Wells

About the Author

Upton Sinclair (1878–1968) was a Pulitzer Prize–winning author, activist, and politician whose novel The Jungle (1906) led to the passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act. Born into an impoverished family in Baltimore, Maryland, Sinclair entered City College of New York five days before his fourteenth birthday. He wrote dime novels and articles for pulp magazines to pay for his tuition, and continued his writing career as a graduate student at Columbia University. To research The Jungle, he spent seven weeks working undercover in Chicago’s meatpacking plants. The book received great critical and commercial success, and Sinclair used the proceeds to start a utopian community in New Jersey. In 1915, he moved to California, where he founded the state’s ACLU chapter and became an influential political figure, running for governor as the Democratic nominee in 1934. Sinclair wrote close to one hundred books during his lifetime, including Oil! (1927), the inspiration for the 2007 movie There Will Be Blood; Boston (1928), a documentary novel revolving around the Sacco and Vanzetti case; The Brass Check, a muckraking exposé of American journalism; and the eleven novels in the Pulitzer Prize–winning Lanny Budd series.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B018V77HU4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media (January 19, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 19, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 6.7 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 954 pages
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Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American author who wrote nearly 100 books and other works across a number of genres. Sinclair's work was well-known and popular in the first half of the twentieth century, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943.

In 1906, Sinclair acquired particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle, which exposed conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry, causing a public uproar that contributed in part to the passage a few months later of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. In 1919, he published The Brass Check, a muckraking exposé of American journalism that publicized the issue of yellow journalism and the limitations of the “free press” in the United States. Four years after publication of The Brass Check, the first code of ethics for journalists was created. Time magazine called him "a man with every gift except humor and silence." He is remembered for writing the famous line: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon him not understanding it."

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Customers find the book engaging and well-written, with one mentioning it's particularly enjoyable to read about life in China. The storytelling ability receives positive feedback, with one review highlighting how the author weaves personal dramas into the narrative. Moreover, customers appreciate the historical background, with one noting the vast number of historical figures featured. Additionally, they value the linguistic diversity in the book.

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Customers find the book readable and engaging, describing it as an amazing experience, with one customer particularly enjoying the portrayal of life in China.

"...Pay attention...it's happening again. Read this absorbing book." Read more

"This is an excellent installment in a great series. Sinclair managed to anticipate many political developments in the subsequent many decades...." Read more

"...I reread them several times throughout the years and still found them interesting...." Read more

"Really 0enjoyed reading about life in China under Japanese attack and Soviet Union under Nazi attack...." Read more

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Customers praise the author's storytelling ability, with one noting how skillfully they weave personal dramas into the narrative, while another highlights the excellent historical narrative of life in China.

"...that he encounters and how Sinclair is able to weave them into the story is impressive, e.g., Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Soon Ching-ling..." Read more

"...that I have read (from Dragon's Teeth through this one) have been very informative--in fact, they have been gripping in how closely they have..." Read more

"...The personal dramas provide enjoyable foregrounds." Read more

"...Recommend to history buffs or sociology interests in rural China." Read more

5 customers mention "Historical accuracy"5 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the historical accuracy of the book, finding the background interesting and noting the vast number of different historical figures featured.

"...of the author (Socialist), you will be enchanted by the amount of historical authenticity, as well as linguistic diversity..." Read more

"...The vast number of different historical figures that he encounters and how Sinclair is able to weave them into the story is impressive, e.g.,..." Read more

"...So much for aesthetics. The political and historical background is always interesting, the writing tends to be flat, perhaps because so much is..." Read more

"...Meet the major characters on the world stage up close as if you are part of the conversation with Lanny Budd. Fascinating!" Read more

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Customers appreciate the language diversity in the book, with one noting its linguistic richness and another praising its excellent prose.

"...enchanted by the amount of historical authenticity, as well as linguistic diversity..." Read more

"...His mastery of language and skill in building the life of Lanny Budd draws the reader into fascinating intertwining lives seemingly separate but..." Read more

"typical Upton Sinclair -- excellent prose, great historical research, and creative fiction -- worth the read!" Read more

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  • DukeMD69
    5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST read for anyone interested in absorbing the decision-making ...
    Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2015
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    A MUST read for anyone interested in absorbing the decision-making processes involved in the history of WWII. Lanny Budd, a fictitious character, created by Upton Sinclair, is an American Spy, aka international art dealer, who befriends all the major leaders of the world. He describes how he is able to influence FDR to enter the WWII, over the objections of the American public, war weary fro WWI. He actually describes his meetings with Hitler, Stalin, FDR and Winston Churchill. The journey is turbulent, and mysterious. If you can bypass some of the personal political preferences of the author (Socialist), you will be enchanted by the amount of historical authenticity, as well as linguistic diversity (Mr. Budd is fluent in English, French and German......eventually, Mandarin). You want mystery.....you got it. The most striking elements to derive from all of these facts are the Ominous Parallels we are facing today, with the tyrannical dictators in Russia, Syria, Iran, North Korea and North Africa. Pay attention...it's happening again. Read this absorbing book.
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  • LEE
    5.0 out of 5 stars A travelogue across the USA, the South Pacific, China, and Russia as the US enters World War 2.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2020
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    The Lanny Budd series was written between 1940 and 1953. A WORLD TO WIN (Book 7) was released in 1946. The embers of the World War 2 were still hot and people were reflecting back on whom to blame for the carnage. In his Lanny Budd series, Upton Sinclair does not shy away from naming real people who he considered Nazi and Fascist sympathizers.

    Upton Sinclair’s unflattering portrayal of William Randolph Hearst as a dotard and a Nazi and Fascist sympathizer surprised me; not that it wasn’t true, but because Hearst was still alive and his family still had significant media, political, and social influence. In real life, Hearst and Sinclair had a personal relationship which turned into bad blood between them that pre-dated World War 2. Nevertheless, I am surprised that his publisher, his agent, or any book sellers were willing to face the wrath of the Hearst family for what Sinclair had written about the patriarch of the family.

    I continue to marvel at Upton Sinclair’s storytelling ability and the never ending twists and turns in the life of Lanny Budd. The vast number of different historical figures that he encounters and how Sinclair is able to weave them into the story is impressive, e.g., Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Soon Ching-ling (wife of Sun Yat-sen), Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), Stalin.

    One of the historical figures that has been prominent throughout most of the series is Rudolf Hess. Hess’s flight to Scotland in 1941 is something that never made sense to me. Although A WORLD TO WIN is a historical fiction, it gives a a very plausible account as to who, how, and why Rudolf Hess flew to Scotland. It was a cloak-and-dagger mission cooked up by British Intelligence that worked to perfection. I still can’t believe Rudolf Hess was that gullible.

    A WORLD TO WIN is a novel that expands the entire world. From an auto road trip across the USA; a pleasure yacht journey across the South Pacific to Hong Kong; to an arduous journey across China; to a rickety plane ride from China to Outer Mongolia and across the Soviet Union to Moscow.

    Upton Sinclair’s embrace of the virtues of socialism and communism must have also put immense political pressure on him and his publisher during the post-war McCarthyism and the Red Scare witch hunts. Many of the concerns and conflicts that Upton Sinclair (as Lanny Budd) predicted in A WORLD TO WIN between communism and capitalism comes to reality with the Korean War during the final year release of the Lanny Budd series.
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  • Larry Johnson
    4.0 out of 5 stars Probably the last in the series that I'll read.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2021
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    All the books that I have read (from Dragon's Teeth through this one) have been very informative--in fact, they have been gripping in how closely they have reflected recents years in the U.S.. That said, this may be the last in the series that I will read. I'm not sure if it is because I am more familiar with the history of events, or if the writing is losing some of its power, but I started to find this last book less engaging than the earlier ones.
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  • Reuel
    5.0 out of 5 stars another pleasure
    Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2022
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    This is an excellent installment in a great series. Sinclair managed to anticipate many political developments in the subsequent many decades. The personal dramas provide enjoyable foregrounds.
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  • Alina Tortosa
    3.0 out of 5 stars Not more than expected
    Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2013
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    i read the first three volumes of this saga fifty years ago in their original cloth binding, which added greatly to their charm. I reread them several times throughout the years and still found them interesting. Last year I ordered one by one the following five volumes, "A world to win" is the latest arrival. Unlike the previous four, photocopies of the original texts bound in unfriendly cardboard, it is a beautiful old copy bound in cloth, for very little money. So much for aesthetics. The political and historical background is always interesting, the writing tends to be flat, perhaps because so much is repetition. Lanny Budd's love life, his thoughts on his romantic options and his proposal to whom he finally chooses, gets more and more boring in every volume. Still, I will order the next volumes until I have read them all. My grandchildren, well read young adults, are interested in the historical and political information they provide,
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  • Michael D. Ellis
    5.0 out of 5 stars Unplanned meeting with two Communist leaders. Excellent historical narrative of life in China.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2022
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    Really 0enjoyed reading about life in China under Japanese attack and Soviet Union under Nazi attack. Recommend to history buffs or sociology interests in rural China.
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  • Sekhar Banerjee
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good to read
    Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2020
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    Lot of history not commonly known is told in the guise of a novel. Sometimes it gets to be boring since it deals with lot of minutiae, but on the whole it is fun to read
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  • Jeffrey Sweet
    4.0 out of 5 stars A SLOPPY ebook--text needs to be corrected
    Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2019
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    The chapter in which the location marker 8010 is placed is riddled with typos. It's apparent this was scanned and OCRed. Mostly the job has been done pretty well, but this particular chapter is ridiculous and needs to be redone.
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  • Arvind Shah
    4.0 out of 5 stars This book is excellent but for too many typos.
    Reviewed in India on April 16, 2017
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    I disliked the numerous typos. Otherwise this an excellent read on the second world war. Lanny Buddhist is an excellent character thru I learned a lot about the great war.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 21, 2016
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    Another great episode of the exellent Lanny Budd series.
    Again though a pity about the silly typographical mistakes.
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