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Vidal s portrait of the president is at once intimate and monumental, stark and complex, drawn with the wit, grace, and authority of one of the great historical novelists. According to lincoln s law partner william herndon. This study guide consists of approximately 80 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of lincoln. Lincoln is the cornerstone of gore vidal s fictional american chronicle, which includes burr, 1876, washington, d. After arriving in washington in 1861 after his election, abraham lincoln struggles with personal and political problems during his presidency.
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A novel is a historical novel, part of the narratives of empire series by gore vidal. A note robert graves, when he came to publish his sequel to i, claudius, remarked in a somewhat irritable. In his 1984 historical novel lincoln, gore vidal has written with great insight about our sixteenth president, his cabinet, his family, his enemies, and the civil war era. Lincoln 1939, abe lincoln in illinois 1940, sandburgs lincoln 19741976, and gore vidals lincoln 1988. Raised bands on the spine archival quality paper satin ribbon bookmark.
The first edition of the novel was published in 1984, and was written by gore vidal. Donald brilliantly depicts lincoln s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural kentucky to the everexpanding political circles in illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by civil war. His first novel, williwaw, written when he was 19 years old and serving in the army, appeared in the spring of 1946. In this book, gore vidal continues his american chronicle. Fortunately, our age has gore vidal s work of historical fiction, which places lincoln as a politician and lawyer first. Lincoln, like all truly great politicians, was a realist and a pragmatist. I saw gore vidal s lincoln on tv in the late 80s played by sam waterson and mary tyler moore. Gore vidal download free books pdf epub freeditorial. Lincoln is a masterwork of historical fiction, in which gore vidal combines a comprehensive knowledge of civil war america with 20thcentury literary technique, probing the minds and motives of the men surrounding abraham lincoln, including personal secretary john hay and cheming cabinet members william seward and salmon p. Gore vidals first and last notes on abraham lincoln.
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It opens early on a frozen winter morning in 1861, when presidentelect abraham lincoln slips into washington, flanked by two bodyguards. Aldridge, in his influential 1951 book after the lost generation. I have held vidal in high regard ever since, despite having read precious little from him. Lincoln is the cornerstone of gore vidals fictional american chronicle, which includes burr, 1876. His birth took place at the united states military academy where his father was an. I am perfectly happy to identify myself as the caption writer to whom he refers. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 272 pages and is available in paperback format. A few fictional people from other vidal novels burr, 1876 appear herebut only very briefly. Rosettabooks is proud to publish four of gore vidal s american chronicle novelsburr, lincoln, empire and hollywood. Lincoln is an historical novel by gore vidal, covering the time of abraham lincoln s troubled presidency, 18611864. In williwaw vidal s first novel, which he wrote while still in the. Gore vidal 1925, henry james 18431916, theodore roosevelt 18581919, william jennings bryan 18601925, william mckinley 18431901, william randolph hearst 18631951, aaron burr 17561836, julian emperor of rome 3363, timothy mcveigh, abraham lincoln 18091865, george washington 17321799, john adams 17351826, thomas.
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