420 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
2018
Contents:
The Foggy Bottom project -- City within a city -- Titanic on the Potomac -- Not quite perfect -- The maelstrom -- A little blood -- The Reagan renaissance -- A nest for high-flyers -- Monicaland -- Done deal
Summary:
"A biography of Washington's most famous apartment complex -- the buildings with a thousand stories of the notables who have lived there"-- Provided by publisher.
Since its opening in 1965, the Watergate complex has been one of Washington's chicest addresses. Watergate residents-- an intriguing mix of politicians, journalists, socialites and spies-- have been at the center of America's political storms for half a century. Rodota paints a vivid portrait of this landmark and the movers and shakers who have lived there. -- adapted from jacket.
