PositiveAir MailCarefully researched ... Edith’s own White House record, as Roberts’s book ably shows, is above all a testament to her fierce devotion.
Shahan Mufti
PositiveAir Mail... fascinating and meticulously researched ... Mufti makes a convincing case for its broader significance ... provides a nuanced portrait of Khaalis, the Hanafi leader whose grand ambitions give the book its title ... in Mufti’s capable hands, it has made for a haunting book.
James Kirchick
RaveAir Mail... engrossing, important ... an 800-page tour de force, certainly the most comprehensive history of gay Washington ever written. It’s also more than that. Tracing the strand of how the capital’s big shots treated gays across the decades, Kirchick provides a compelling account of how the bloodless, brutal Washington power game has always worked.
