Stained Glass (novel)

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| name = Stained Glass

| image = Stained Glass Cover.jpg

| caption = Cover of the first edition

| author = William F. Buckley, Jr.

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| country = United States

| language = English

| series = Blackford Oakes

| genre = Spy thriller, espionage

| publisher = Doubleday

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| pub_date = April 7, 1978

| media_type = Print, 8vo

| pages = 252 pp

| awards = National Book Award

| isbn = 9781581824629

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| preceded_by = Saving the Queen

| followed_by = Who's on First

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Stained Glass is an American spy thriller novel by William F. Buckley, Jr., the second of eleven novels in the Blackford Oakes series.{{cite web|title=Stained Glass |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=April 1, 1978 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/william-f-buckley-jr/stained-glass-3/ |access-date=February 22, 2013}}

Its first paperback edition won a 1980 National Book Award in the one-year category Mystery (paperback).{{cite web|title=National Book Awards - 1980 |work=National Book Foundation |year=1980 |url=https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1980 |access-date=February 22, 2013}}{{#tag:ref|From 1980 to 1983 in National Book Award history there were dual awards for hardcover and paperback books in many categories. Most all of the paperback award-winners were reprints, including this one.|group=Note}}

Plot

Oakes's second assignment sends him to West Germany. There, he is infiltrated into the inner-circle of a charismatic and heroic nobleman, Count Wintergrin, who intends to run for the West German Chancellorship on platform of immediate re-unification with East Germany. Although this is ultimately in the interest of the Western Powers and NATO, the threat of Soviet invasion of West Europe means that Oakes must prevent Wintergrin's election, by whatever means necessary. Set in 1952.

References

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{{cite book|last=Buckley |first=William F. Jr. |title=Stained Glass |publisher=Doubleday |location=Garden City |year=1978 |isbn=9781581824629}}
{{cite book|last=Buckley |first=William F. Jr. |title=The Blackford Oakes Reader |publisher=Andrews and McMeel |location=Kansas City |year=1995 |isbn=9780836280982}}

Category:1978 American novels

Category:Blackford Oakes novels

Category:Doubleday (publisher) books

Category:National Book Award–winning works

Category:Novels set in Germany

Category:Novels set in Switzerland

Category:Novels set in Washington, D.C.