Vidal, Gore 1925-

Lincoln : a novel by Gore Vidal ( Book )
64 editions published between 1984 and 2010 in 9 languages and held by 4,335 libraries worldwide
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 cheming cabinet members William Seward and Salmon P. Chase, as well as his wife, Mary Todd.

Burr : a novel by Gore Vidal ( Book )
81 editions published between 1970 and 2008 in 10 languages and held by 3,967 libraries worldwide
Re-creates the American political scene of the early 1800's, seen through the memoirs of Aaron Burr.

1876 : a novel by Gore Vidal ( Book )
49 editions published between 1976 and 2009 in 10 languages and held by 3,649 libraries worldwide
The third volume of Gore Vidal's series of historical novels aimed at demythologizing the American past, 1876 explores the political scandals of the Grant administration and the intrigues of that year's presidential election. Charles Schermerhorn Schuyler, Aaron Burr's unacknowledged son, returns to America after his self-imposed exile, hoping to arrange a marriage for his daughter Emma, but the two soon find themselves at the centers of American social and political power at a time when the fading ideals of the young republic were being replaced by the excitement of empire.

Empire : a novel by Gore Vidal ( Book )
54 editions published between 1987 and 2010 in 9 languages and held by 3,481 libraries worldwide
Caroline Sanford, a newspaper owner from Washington, D.C., struggles to gain power and respect in a male dominated industry.

Creation : a novel by Gore Vidal ( Book )
66 editions published between 1981 and 2008 in 10 languages and held by 2,852 libraries worldwide
Cyrus, a fifth century Persian, relates the story of his travels and encounters as an ambassador.

Hollywood : a novel of America in the 1920s by Gore Vidal ( Book )
50 editions published between 1989 and 2004 in 6 languages and held by 2,840 libraries worldwide
Follows the career of Caroline Sanford, a brilliant and beautiful newspaper publisher who leaves Washington to become a Hollywood producer and movie star.

Washington, D.C. : a novel by Gore Vidal ( Book )
83 editions published between 1900 and 2000 in 16 languages and held by 2,724 libraries worldwide
Chronicle of the nation's capital from the New Deal through the McCarthy era, centering on a conservative Senator and his ambitious assistant, both of whom aspire to the Presidency.

Julian; a novel by Gore Vidal ( Book )
121 editions published between 1962 and 2008 in 12 languages and held by 2,694 libraries worldwide
Biography, in the fictional genre, of the Fourth Century Roman Emperor, Julian the Apostate, who attempted to thwart Christianity.

Kalki : a novel by Gore Vidal ( Book )
57 editions published between 1978 and 2006 in 13 languages and held by 2,533 libraries worldwide
Un américain inconnu prétend être l'incarnation d'un dieu hindou, l'avatar des tructeur Kalki, chargé de mettre fin à notre monde, un certain 3 avril... Féminisme, homosexualité, mysticisme, science-fiction, prophétisme : une extravagance apocalyptique trés proche de notre réalité présente.

The golden age : a novel by Gore Vidal ( Book )
41 editions published between 2000 and 2008 in 8 languages and held by 2,405 libraries worldwide
"The Golden Age is the concluding volume in Gore Vidal's American empire novels - a unique pageant of the national experience from the United States' entry into World War Two to the end of the Korean War." "The Golden Age is a vibrant tapestry of American political and cultural life from 1939 to 1954, when the epochal events of World War Two and the Cold War transformed America, once and for all, for good or ill, from a republic into an empire. The sharp-eyed and sympathetic witnesses to these events are Caroline Sanford, Washington, D.C., newspaper publisher turned Hollywood pioneer producer-star, and Peter Sanford, her nephew and publisher of the independent intellectual journal The American Idea. They experience at first hand the masterful maneuvers of Franklin Roosevelt to bring a reluctant nation into World War Two, and later, the actions of Harry Truman that commit the nation to a decades-long twilight struggle against Communism - developments they regard with a marked skepticism, even though they end in an American global empire. The locus of these events is Washington, D.C., yet the Hollywood film industry and the cultural centers of New York also play significant parts. In addition to presidents, the actual characters who appear so vividly in the pages of The Golden Age include Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins, Wendell Wilkie, William Randolph Hearst, Dean Acheson, Tennessee Williams, Joseph Alsop, Dawn Powell - and Gore Vidal himself."--Jacket.