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{{Infobox book series
| name = ''University'' series
| books = {{plainlist|
* ''[[#Toward What Bright Glory? (1990)|Toward What Bright Glory?]]'' (1990)
* ''[[#Into What Far Harbor? (1993)|Into What Far Harbor?]]'' (1993)
* ''[[#Public Men (1998)|Public Men]]'' (1998)
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| author = [[Allen Drury]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| genre = [[Political fiction|Political novel]]
| publisher = [[William Morrow & Co.|William Morrow]]/[[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]]
| pub_date = June 1990 – November 1998
| media_type = Print ([[hardcover]] & [[paperback]])
}}

'''Allen Drury's ''University'' series''' is a trio of novels written by [[political novel]]ist [[Allen Drury]] between 1990 and 1998, which follow a group of university fraternity brothers for a span of over 60 years from 1938 to 2001.<ref name="NYT Obituary">{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/03/books/allen-drury-80-novelist-wrote-advise-and-consent.html |title=Allen Drury, 80, Novelist; Wrote ''Advise and Consent'' (Obituary) |accessdate=January 19, 2015 |last=Smith |first=Dinitia |date=September 3, 1998 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="PW Public Men">{{cite web |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |accessdate=January 17, 2015 |title=Fiction Book Review: ''Public Men'' by Allen Drury |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-684-80703-4 }}</ref><ref name="NYT Public Men">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/02/21/reviews/990221.21tarl.html |title=Before Monica: Allen Drury's last novel revisits some old political battlefields and ends a trilogy |first=Erik |last=Tarloff |work=The New York Times |date=February 21, 1999 |accessdate=January 23, 2015}}</ref> Drury graduated from [[Stanford University]] in 1939, and his experiences there provided the basis for the series.<ref name="NYT Obituary"/> The novels are set in a different fictional timeline from Drury's 1959 novel ''[[Advise and Consent]]'', which earned him a [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]].<ref name="Pulitzer">{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Fiction |title=Pulitzer Prize Winners: Fiction (1948-present) |publisher=Pulitzer.org |accessdate=January 14, 2015}}</ref>
'''Allen Drury's ''University'' series''' is a trio of novels written by [[political novel]]ist [[Allen Drury]] between 1990 and 1998, which follow a group of university fraternity brothers for a span of over 60 years from 1938 to 2001.<ref name="NYT Obituary">{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/03/books/allen-drury-80-novelist-wrote-advise-and-consent.html |title=Allen Drury, 80, Novelist; Wrote ''Advise and Consent'' (Obituary) |accessdate=January 19, 2015 |last=Smith |first=Dinitia |date=September 3, 1998 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="PW Public Men">{{cite web |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |accessdate=January 17, 2015 |title=Fiction Book Review: ''Public Men'' by Allen Drury |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-684-80703-4 }}</ref><ref name="NYT Public Men">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/02/21/reviews/990221.21tarl.html |title=Before Monica: Allen Drury's last novel revisits some old political battlefields and ends a trilogy |first=Erik |last=Tarloff |work=The New York Times |date=February 21, 1999 |accessdate=January 23, 2015}}</ref> Drury graduated from [[Stanford University]] in 1939, and his experiences there provided the basis for the series.<ref name="NYT Obituary"/> The novels are set in a different fictional timeline from Drury's 1959 novel ''[[Advise and Consent]]'', which earned him a [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]].<ref name="Pulitzer">{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Fiction |title=Pulitzer Prize Winners: Fiction (1948-present) |publisher=Pulitzer.org |accessdate=January 14, 2015}}</ref>



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University series

AuthorAllen Drury
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenrePolitical novel
PublisherWilliam Morrow/Scribner
PublishedJune 1990 – November 1998
Media typePrint (hardcover & paperback)

Allen Drury's University series is a trio of novels written by political novelist Allen Drury between 1990 and 1998, which follow a group of university fraternity brothers for a span of over 60 years from 1938 to 2001.[1][2][3] Drury graduated from Stanford University in 1939, and his experiences there provided the basis for the series.[1] The novels are set in a different fictional timeline from Drury's 1959 novel Advise and Consent, which earned him a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Smith, Dinitia (September 3, 1998). "Allen Drury, 80, Novelist; Wrote Advise and Consent (Obituary)". The New York Times. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  2. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Public Men by Allen Drury". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  3. ^ Tarloff, Erik (February 21, 1999). "Before Monica: Allen Drury's last novel revisits some old political battlefields and ends a trilogy". The New York Times. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  4. ^ "Pulitzer Prize Winners: Fiction (1948-present)". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved January 14, 2015.