Saving the Queen Audiobook

" The Blackford Oakes series of books by William F. Buckley is a great series. As mentioned by another reviewer, Blackford Oakes was Buckley's answer to James Bond. A fun book with lots of intrigue...though it is an older book, it's a lot of fun to read! "

" Buckley's non-fiction is wonderful - his fiction, not so much. Like Hemingway's writing poetry, it's best ignored. "

" Cold war counter espionage procedural set in the 1950's when the US was developing the H bomb. "

" What a fun book to read. Fairly short - 250 pages +/-. Great James Bond-ish story written by a famous American icon, William F Buckley. It is fun to read this and imagine Buckley's voice doing the speaking. Highly recommended. "

" The first of William Buckley's Blackford Oakes novels. Better than you might imagine. "

" Read this when Buckley died and it was a little slow but entertaining. "

" Slow starting but once the stage is set (and you have everyone sorted out) it is very intriguing. "

" Well done but frivolous. Disappointing in its pointlessness. "

" The first in Buckley's Blackford Oakes series, it makes for entertaining reading, though don't expect a high degree of complexity or suspense. His political asides are always entertaining. "

" Blackford Oakes, the American James Bond, heads to England in this historical fiction. A great series. "

" A short mystery that I enjoyed. I don't normally like mysteries. "

" Kinda fun. "

" Well written fun read. WFB can sure use the punctuation "

" I did not find this much of a thriller. Quite lame really and I suspect it's just out-dated and so none of the suggested theroys are novel..in fact...some of them have been proven true. "

" Very fun read, and well written (typical Buckley). I've developed a crush on Blacky. Excellent summertime, beachy reading -- which is where I read it. Looking forward to the whole series. "

" The worst book I've ever had the profound misfortune to read. "

" The first of William Buckley's Blackford Oakes novels. Better than you might imagine. "

" Cold war counter espionage procedural set in the 1950's when the US was developing the H bomb.

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" Not bad for being written in 1977. "

" What a fun book to read. Fairly short - 250 pages +/-. Great James Bond-ish story written by a famous American icon, William F Buckley. It is fun to read this and imagine Buckley's voice doing the speaking. Highly recommended. "

" Very fun read, and well written (typical Buckley). I've developed a crush on Blacky. Excellent summertime, beachy reading -- which is where I read it. Looking forward to the whole series. "

" The Blackford Oakes series of books by William F. Buckley is a great series. As mentioned by another reviewer, Blackford Oakes was Buckley's answer to James Bond. A fun book with lots of intrigue...though it is an older book, it's a lot of fun to read! "

" Well done but frivolous. Disappointing in its pointlessness. "

" Slow starting but once the stage is set (and you have everyone sorted out) it is very intriguing. "

" This was a lot of fun to read. And I didn't know Buckley could be so risque! "

" A short mystery that I enjoyed. I don't normally like mysteries. "

" A solid 1950's forces of good vs. the evil commies novel. The only negative criticism I have is that the end was a little unplausible. The other 99% of the book is great. "