Read Series: Narratives Of Empire
by Author Gore Vidal
1876 (2000)
The centennial of the United States was celebrated with great fanfare--fireworks, exhibitions, pious calls to patriotism, and perhaps the most underhanded political machination in the country's history: the theft of the presidency from Samuel Tilden in favor of Rutherford B. Hayes. This was the G...
The Golden Age (2001)
I just finished working my way through the late Gore Vidal’s magnificent series of political history novels spanning American history from the Revolutionary War through the Kennedy administration. Having sampled one, I was unable to stop until I reached the end.tThe seven well-researched and artf...
Burr (2000)
Gore Vidal, 87 yaşında öldüğünde, geriye yalnızca romanlarıyla anımsanacak bir yazar imgesi bırakmadı bize, bıraktığı şey Amerikan kültür endüstrisinin bir insanın çevresinde nasıl biçimlendiğine dair izlenebilecek güçlü ve sıra dışı bir portre idi. Gore Vidal bir romancı olduğu kadar aynı zaman...
Lincoln (2000)
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Formally abolishing slavery in the...