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The Last of All Possible Worlds and The Temptation to Do Good: Two Novels by Peter F. Drucker
The Last of All Possible Worlds and The Temptation to Do Good Two Novels by Peter F Drucker Author:Peter F. Drucker "His first novel is a work of sensitivity and considerable sophistication."?Spectator on The Last of All Possible Worlds"Rich and intriguing."?Kirkus Reviews on The Last of All Possible Worlds"Convincing and haunting."?Publishers Weekly on The Temptation to Do Good Best-selling author Peter Drucker wrote just two novels, and this new edition col... more »lects them both.In The Last of All Possible Worlds, intertwining stories of royalty, bankers, wives, and lovers create a vivid portrait of Europe in the early 1900s. We meet wise and worldly Prince Sobieski, Vienna's ambassador in London, his enchanting wife, Margit, her English lover, Owen, and her close companion, Josefa. Their unspoken rules are challenged when Sobieski's illegitimate daughter, Henrietta, makes her demands known, and when two merchant bankers arrive in London for a decisive meeting with Sobieski. And then there is the truth that lies behind a bewitching painting of a young woman in love.The Temptation to Do Good tells the story of Father Heinz Zimmerman, the well-regarded president of an American Catholic university. When he attempts to help a chemistry teacher who has been denied tenure he finds himself in a most unexpected situation.Peter F. Drucker (1909?2005) was a writer, teacher, and management consultant. Born and raised in Austria, he lived in Germany and England before immigrating to the United States in 1937. His thirty-nine books have been published in more than thirty languages and have sold tens of millions of copies world-wide. His writing and teaching was unique for its focus on the human impact of business decisions. Drucker was the Honorary Chairman of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.« less