In 1971, he published 'The Throne of Saturn', a sf novel about the 1st attempt at sending a manned mission to Mars. He then wrote two alternative sequels based on a different outcome of an assassination attack in an earlier work: 'Come Nineveh, Come Tyre' & 'The Promise of Joy'. Drury then turned his attention to the next presidential election after those events with 'Capable of Honor' & 'Preserve & Protect'. 'A Shade of Difference' is set a year later. 'Advise & Consent' led to several sequels. It spent 102 weeks on the New York Times' best-seller list. The book was partly inspired by the suicide of Lester C.

His greatest success was 'Advise and Consent,' was made into a film in 1962. 'A Senate Journal' found an audience in part because of the great success of 'Advise and Consent,' his novel in 1959 about the consideration in the Senate of a controversial nominee for secretary of state. In addition to the Senate personalities, his journal captured the events of the 78th & 79th Congresses.Īlthough written in the mid-1940s, his diary was not published until 1963. In addition to fulfilling his duties as a reporter, he kept a journal of his views of the Senate and individual senators. A position as the Senate correspondent for United Press International provided him with employment and insider knowledge of the Senate. In late 1943, Allen Stuart Drury, a 25-year old Army veteran, sought work.

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