Hardback, US reprint. The authors deglamorize Washington and reveal it with its spats off and its morning coat unbuttoned. They tear the Velvet Curtain and show the behind-the-scenes intrigue, the sub-rosa night life, the shady side of sex, the sin side, the crime side. With Appendices and Index. 310pp. Map eps. 8vo. h/back. Browned edges o/w Vg+ in frayed, rubbed and worn G++ dw.