In the hazardous fictional terrain of his historical novels, Gore Vidal is never especially kind to American history in general, or to its icons in particular. Yet in this brilliantly realised study of Abraham Lincoln, he paints a...

"The Golden Age" von Gore Vidal ist der letzte Band seiner siebenteiligen Reihe "Narratives of Empire", die sich mit der Geschichte und Politik der Vereinigten Staaten beschäftigt. Der Roman spielt in der Zeit von 1939 bis 1954 und...

A sweeping novel of politics, war, philosophy, and adventure-in a restored edition, featuring never-before-published material from Gore Vidal's original manuscript-Creation offers a captivating grand tour of the ancient world.Cyrus...

Gore Vidal—novelist, playwright, critic, screenwriter, memoirist, indefatigable political commentator, and controversialist—is America's premier man of letters. No other living writer brings more sparkling wit, vast learning, indelible...

Jim Willard, former high-school athlete and clean-cut boy-next-door-, is haunted by the memory of a romanctic adolescent encounter with his friend Bob Ford. As Jim pursues his first love, in awe of the very same masculinity he possesses...

The remarkable bestseller about the fourth-century Roman emperor who famously tried to halt the spread of Christianity, Julian is widely regarded as one of Gore Vidal's finest historical novels. Julian the Apostate, nephew of Constantine...

"Empire: A Novel" von Gore Vidal ist der fünfte Band seiner Narratives of Empire-Serie, die sich mit der Geschichte und Entwicklung der Vereinigten Staaten beschäftigt. Der Roman spielt zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts, einer Zeit des...

With a New IntroductionWashington, D.C., is the final installment in Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire,his acclaimed six-volume series of historical novels about the American past. It offers an illuminating portrait of our republic from...