A novel the american chronicle series by gore vidal 20000215 online books in format pdf. 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. Seward, secretary of the treasury salmon chase, his daughter. He detailed the former presidents political career and focused on president lincolns. The first edition of the novel was published in 1984, and was written by gore vidal. Originally telecast in two parts on march 27 and 28 of 1988, lincoln was adapted from the bestselling factual fiction by gore vidal. A novel is a historical novel, part of the narratives of empire series by gore vidal set during the american civil war, the novel describes the presidency of abraham lincoln through the eyes of several historical figures, including presidential secretary john hay, first lady mary todd lincoln, secretary of state william h. Gore vidals lincoln, originally broadcast on nbc as a miniseries in 1988, was rebroadcast on a saturday, april 29, 1995 on wnuvtv 54 the cw baltimore. A prolific essayist and acclaimed author of historical novels such as 1984s lincoln, his talent for positioning history within a modern context is one thing about vidal that remains undisputed. Sam waterston stars as abraham lincoln, with mary tyler moore.
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