| Stained Glass | |
| Author: | William F. Buckley, Jr. |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Blackford Oakes |
| Genre: | Spy thriller, espionage |
| Publisher: | Doubleday |
| Pub Date: | April 7, 1978 |
| Media Type: | Print, 8vo |
| Pages: | 252 pp |
| Awards: | National Book Award |
| Isbn: | 9781581824629 |
| Preceded By: | Saving the Queen |
| Followed By: | Who's on First |
Stained Glass is an American spy thriller novel by William F. Buckley, Jr., the second of eleven novels in the Blackford Oakes series.[1] Its first paperback edition won a 1980 National Book Award in the one-year category Mystery (paperback).[2]
Oakes's second assignment sends him to West Germany. There, he is infiltrated into the inner-circle of a charismatic and heroic nobleman, Count Wintergrin, who intends to run for the West German Chancellorship on platform of immediate re-unification with East Germany. Although this is ultimately in the interest of the Western Powers and NATO, the threat of Soviet invasion of West Europe means that Oakes must prevent Wintergrin's election, by whatever means necessary. Set in 1952.