Palace Council: Book summary and reviews of Palace Council by Stephen L. Carter

Palace Council Summary

In the summer of 1952, twenty prominent men gather at a secret meeting on Martha's Vineyard and devise a plot to manipulate the President of the United States. Soon after, the body of one of these men is found by Eddie Wesley, Harlem's rising literary star. When Eddie's younger sister mysteriously disappears, Eddie and the woman he loves, Aurelia Treene, are pulled into what becomes a twenty-year search for the truth. As Eddie and Aurelia uncover layer upon layer of intrigue, their odyssey takes them from the wealthy drawing rooms of New York through the shady corners of radical politics, all the way to the Oval Office.

Palace Council Reviews

"Council will grip readers, but it will also make them think. Enthusiastically recommended." - Library Journal.

"Starred Review. Though aspects of the plot require more suspension of disbelief than in Carter's previous novels, the rich characterization and elegant writing more than compensate." - Publishers Weekly.

"Starred Review. The so-called masters of the genre could learn something from Carter's intoxicating blend of political street smarts and literary skill. This is Grade-A entertainment." - Kirkus Reviews.

"Stephen Carter can really write. I loved every page of Palace Council and am eager for more." - Robert B. Parker.

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Stephen L. Carter Author Biography

Stephen L. Carter was born on October 26, 1954 and raised in Ithaca, New York, graduating from Ithaca High School in 1972.  He earned a B.A. from Stanford University in 1976 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1979. After graduation, Carter clerked for US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

He is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale University, where he has taught since 1982. He is the author of several acclaimed nonfiction books, including The Culture of Disbelief and Civility; and four novels -  The Emperor of Ocean Park (2002), New England White (2007), Palace Council (2008), and Jericho's Fall (2009). He lives with his wife near New Haven, Connecticut.  His son, Andrew, is a student at...

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