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This article was originally published February 13, 2014 in Publishers Weekly.

By Claire Kirch

“Sourcebooks has acquired U.S. rights to the political thriller novel House of Cards by Michael Dobbs, a former chief of staff at the British Conservative party headquarters who once served as an advisor to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

The novel, initially released in 1989 in the U.K., inspired the popular Netflix series starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright about a U.S. Congressman (Spacey) who collaborates with his wife (Wright) to exact revenge on his enemies….”

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