Ebook {Epub PDF} Lincoln by Gore Vidal

A Novel Of Abraham Lincoln In his 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. Lengthy though the book is, the writing is crisp and eloquent/5.  · Absolutely yes, in the topsy-turvy world of Gore Vidal's richly entertaining new novel, Lincoln. Not that the better angels of the 16th president's . So Vidal starts the novel with Lincoln being sneaked in, unannounced and in disguise, an excellent opening to a story that will pit this strange, perhaps even uncouth, and yet somehow heroic figure against an array of forces that had to be greater than anything he could withstand and would eventually crush him (I’m sorry if that’s a spoiler: to anyone who wasn’t aware that Lincoln’s story did not have a happy Cited by: 7.

VIDAL, GORE - FIRST EDITION - LINCOLN - PP - HARD COVER WITH DUST JACKET - LOOSE BINDING, OTHERWISE GOOD CONDITION (BS). Lincoln. Vidal, Gore. Published by Random House, NY, Seller: Pepper's Old Books, Hanson, KY, U.S.A. Contact seller Seller Rating: Used -. Author Gore Vidal, in his book "Lincoln" (a part of the Narratives of Empires series), presents a panorama of the American political and imperial experience as interpreted by one of its most knowing observers. Author Gore Vidal was born in in West Point, New York, and recently passed away in July of Read: Chapter 1 "Lincoln" by Gore Vidal Read: NY Times Book Review: Response: How does Gore Vidal use the style of the novel to bring to life a nonfiction historical topic? Week 9: (3/30 - 4/3) - The Historical Novel II Read: Final Chapter "Lincoln" by Gore Vidal Read: "Gore Vidal on Lincoln"www.doorway.ru Response: How effective is Vidal's final chapter of.

Lincoln is a masterwork of historical fiction, in which Gore Vidal combines a comprehensive knowledge of Civil War America with 20th-century literary technique, probing the minds and motives of the men surrounding Abraham Lincoln, including personal secretary John Hay and scheming cabinet members William Seward and Salmon P. Chase, as well as his wife, Mary Todd. It is a book monumental in scope that never loses sight of the intimate and personal in its depiction of the power struggles that. Absolutely yes, in the topsy-turvy world of Gore Vidal's richly entertaining new novel, Lincoln. Not that the better angels of the 16th president's nature are not frequently on view. He forebears. A new edition of Gore's treatment of President Lincoln's life with a new introduction by the author. Fine condition in fine dustwrapper. SIGNED by Vidal on the first blank front endpaper. Uncommon to find this book signed or inscribed.