title: Scandalmonger (Harvest Book)
author:  William Safire 
description: <div>"A devilishly constructed entertainment about political warfare, legal brinkmanship and assassination by quill pen."-Time<br><br>"Handsomely constructed and politically sophisticated . . . Scandalmonger is solidly grounded upon Safire's wide reading, his meticulous scholarship and his careful weighing of conflicting evidence."-The New York Times Book Review<br><br></div><br /><br /><div>"A gripping tale, a controlled and captivating web of carefully chosen truths and imagination."-Los Angeles Times<br><br>"The book is like a Safire column: It's tough, informative, colorful, and a good example of why we need scandalmongers-and newsmongers, too."-Peggy Noonan, George <br><br></div><br /><br /><div>"The plot is fascinating, the issues raised are as crucial now as they were then, and the language used in the book, as one might expect from Safire's other role as a grammar maven, is terrific."-San Francisco Chronicle<br><br>"A fresh and thought-provoking look at the monument set: George Washington, John Adams, James Madison, Aaron Burr, Meriwether Lewis, James Monroe and other dead <br><br>"Colonial all-stars are brought to life in these pages." -Rocky Mountain News (Denver)<br> <br></div>
zlib_text: > > MAKING OF A SCANDAL
  
  > >  _The Gentleman Courtesans Book 3_
  
  > VICTORIA VALE
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Victoria Vale
  
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  > CONTENTS
  
  >  _Making of a Scandal Playlist_
  
  >  _Prologue_
  
  >  _Chapter 1_
  
  >  _Chapter 2_
  
  >  _Chapter 3_
  
  >  _Chapter 4_
  
  >  _Chapter 5_
  
  >  _Chapter 6_
  
  >  _Chapter 7_
  
  >  _Chapter 8_
  
  >  _Chapter 9_
  
  >  _Chapter 10_
  
  >  _Chapter 11_
  
  >  _Chapter 12_
  
  >  _Chapter 13_
  
  >  _Chapter 14_
  
  >  _Chapter 15_
  
  >  _Chapter 16_
  
  >  _Epilogue_
  
  >  _Making of a Scandal Playlist_
  
  >  _Book 4: Taming of the Rake_
  
  >  _The Gentleman Courtesans_
  
  >  _More by Victoria Vale_
  
  >  _About th