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Joseph Rodota has written an engaging biography of a building-the Watergate-whose name is forever linked with the politics, intrigue, and power of Washington. -- Karl Rove, former part-time resident of the Watergate Joseph Rodota gives us the definitive history of the Watergate complex. Crime sleuths, politicos, fans of the rich and powerful, architects, gossipers, and renters everywhere will find The Watergate a fascinating and rewarding read. Rodota's extraordinary eye for juicy detail made me feel as if I were peeking over the shoulders of the Watergate residents-and burglars. If you think you knew the Watergate story, you haven't read this. -- Donna Brazile, former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee and New York Times bestselling author If walls could talk...Joseph Rodota reports what those in the world-famous Watergate complex have been discussing. Read for yourself-you won't be disappointed. -- John W. Dean, former Nixon White House counsel and New York Times bestselling author Sure to appeal to architecture and political junkies alike...a thorough and thoroughly engrossing insider account of this legendary Washington address. -- Booklist Mixes history, finance, and high-level political gossip to evoke the Watergate complex's mystique. -- Publishers Weekly Entertaining, gossip-filled....The author profiles the personalities and interior design choices of many famous, and sometimes notorious, Watergate residents: politicians, lawyers, doctors, diplomats, and businessmen...A richly detailed history of a site awarded landmark status. -- Kirkus Reviews A fascinating account, part history, part society page, which will appeal to a wide audience of general readers and those intrigued by architectural history. -- Library Journal (starred review) Meticulously chronicles the buildings' biography, including gossipy accounts of various residents (from socialite Anna Chennault to Monica Lewinsky) and, of course, details of the historic burglary. -- Washingtonian Does a good job of mixing historical facts with personal anecdotes to tell the story of what was both the most famous and most infamous hotel in Washington, DC. -- Washington Independent Review of Books As author Joseph Rodota shows in his excellent new book The Watergate: Inside America's Most Infamous Address, life in the Watergate didn't always match the hype of its developers, although the intrigue inside the buildings often outstripped anyone's imagination...[He] captures the absurdity of some of the Watergate's most notorious residents...taking readers inside the hulking buildings to show the people and characters inside. -- USA Today ( 1/2 out of four) Tells the story of this incredible 'city within a city'...[and] invites the reader to be a fly on the wall. -- Kate Andersen Brower, New York Times bestselling author

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Joseph Rodota is a writer and consultant who has worked at the highest levels of politics in Washington, DC, and California. He worked in the Reagan White House and as a top aide to California governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post and other outlets. He lives in Sacramento, California, where his play Chessman, about the final days of the Red Light Bandit Caryl Chessman, premiered at B Street Theatre. Bronson Pinchot, an Audie Award-winning narrator and Audible's Narrator of the Year for 2010, received his education at Yale University, which filled out what he had already received at his mother's knee in the all-important areas of Shakespeare, Greek art and architecture, and the Italian Renaissance. He restores Greek Revival buildings and appears in television, film, and on stage whenever the pilasters and entablatures overwhelm him.

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