I think it was written in 1952. She must have had a pretty good crystal ball.
http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Advocate-Taylor-Caldwell/dp/0884111636
FRiend....Amazon can be wrong but indicates 1978 for that book
and here indications are written 1952. If so she must have been talking with Ayn Rand. This is in her vein (nothing wrong with that)