Capital Confidential

Today, when people in Washington, D.C., talk about term limits, it's not always clear if they mean time spent in office - or behind bars. But political bad behavior occurs wherever there are politicians, and since our nation's capital has always been crawling with them, scandal is nothing new. Now, with an engaging mix of attitude and outrage, Bill Thomas, former reporter for the Baltimore Sun and acclaimed author of Club Fed, brazenly skewers Washington high jinks. From Capitol crimes of passion at the turn of the century to sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll in the Clinton White House, he deliciously peels away the past one hundred years of government to expose the sometimes hilarious, often spicy, and always outlandish shenanigans hidden from public view. With astonishing detail only a Washington insider could uncover - and illustrated with a gallery of fascinating photographs - Capital Confidential goes behind the headlines to reveal that after Woodrow Wilson's stroke, his wife Edith became the first "female President" of the United States, signing legislation by holding the President's hand as she wrote his name; FDR and Lucy Mercer remained lifelong lovers; Eleanor and her close friend, Lorena Hickok, allegedly shared more than next-door rooms at the White House; when Richard M. Nixon appointed Elvis Presley as an honorary federal drug agent, Elvis was stoned on painkillers; and after Gennifer Flowers came forward about her alleged affair with Bill Clinton, Arkansas state troopers claimed they had helped facilitate many rendezvous between the then-governor and a series of women.