{"product_id":"9781462847716","title":"Rendezvous at Château de Candé: A Novel","description":"Chateau de Candé is a fast-paced story of love, hate, deceit, nuclear weapons, and Cort Sanford, the fictional character faced with the challenges of having three lost loves. The story moves from the mountains of Western North Carolina to France’s Loire Valley with twists and turns all along the way.  Characters from a Russian spy, to a NSA operative, to the real-life home, Chateau De Candé of one of the most interesting, but little known characters of the 1930’’ and 40’s, Chateau De Candé will introduce the reader to new places and heroes and villains alike.  Cort’s adventures with his wife Julie and the encounter with the Russian double agent, Annabelle Lee, aka Anna Karina Shastapova, takes the reader on a spellbinding journey to the Loire Valley where millions of lives are saved with the help of an Islamic hero. Along the way, Cort is betrayed, captured and escapes only to meet and then lose the love of his life and all his possessions.  The reader will also be introduced to Charles Eugene Bedaux, the first “management consultant” to make a fortune and hob-knob with royalty, Nazis and die at his own hand to prevent discrediting top American industrialists during World War II. Bedaux was one of the 5 richest men in America during the Great Depression and had offices around the world, but the most impressive was an entire floor in New York’s Chrysler Building. His work saved the lives of countless Jewish citizens during the occupation of France.  This book will make the reader curious as each adventure reveals new and intriguing personalities. It will be hard not to finish it in one sitting.","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129421775088,"sku":"9781462847716","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462847716_p0.jpg?v=1763679207","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462847716","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}