Lincoln (Modern Library) - Hardcover

Vidal, Gore

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679600485 ISBN 13: 9780679600480

Verlag: Random House Inc, 1993

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Book by Vidal Gore

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The character of President Lincoln, unremittingly tested by the trials of the war years, is reflected through the eyes of the diverse and colorful denizens of Washington, including his wife Mary and his political rivals and disciples

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Narratives of Empire series spans the history of the United States from the Revolution to the post-World War II years. With their broad canvas and large cast of fictional and historical characters, the novels in this series present a panorama of the American political and imperial experience as interpreted by one of its most worldly, knowing, and ironic observers.

To most Americans, Abraham Lincoln is a monolithic figure, the Great Emancipator and Savior of the Union, beloved by all. In Gore Vidal's Lincoln we meet Lincoln the man and Lincoln the political animal, the president who entered a besieged capital where most of the population supported the South and where even those favoring the Union had serious doubts that the man from Illinois could save it. Far from steadfast in his abhorrence of slavery, Lincoln agonizes over the best course of action and comes to his great decision only when all else seems to fail. As the Civil War ravages his nation, Lincoln must face deep personal turm

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• Verlag: Random House Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0679600485
• ISBN 13: 9780679600480
• Einband: Tapa dura