Throughout his career, he has rubbed shoulders and crossed swords with many of the foremost cultural and political figures of our century: from Jack Kennedy to Jack Kerouac, Truman Capote to William F. Currently-lives in Ravello, Italy Los Angeles, CaliforniaĪs a prominent post-WWII novelist, socialite and public figure, Gore Vidal has lived a life of incredible variety.Awards-National Book Critics Circle Award, 1982 National.Education-Phillips Exeter Academy (Prep school).As his amanuensis, he chooses Charles Schermerhorn Schuyler, a young New York City journalist, and together they explore both Burr's past and the continuing political intrigues of the still young United States. But he retains much of his political influence if not the respect of all.Īnd he is determined to tell his own story.

In 1833, Burr is newly married, an aging statesman considered a monster by many. In 1807, he was arrested, tried, and acquitted of treason. In 1804, while serving as vice president, Aaron Burr fought a duel with his political nemesis, Alexander Hamilton, and killed him. 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.īurr is a portrait of perhaps the most complex and misunderstood of the Founding Fathers. With their broad canvas and sprawling cast of fictional and historical characters, these novels present a panorama of American politics and imperialism, as interpreted by one of our most incisive and ironic observers.Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series spans the history of the United States from the Revolution to the post-World War II years. Together, they explore both Burr's past-and the continuing civic drama of their young nation.īurr is the first novel in Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series, which spans the history of the United States from the Revolution to post-World War II. But he is determined to tell his own story, and he chooses to confide in a young New York City journalist named Charles Schermerhorn Schuyler. Here is an extraordinary portrait of one of the most complicated-and misunderstood-figures among the Founding Fathers. For readers who can’t get enough of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton,Gore Vidal’s stunning novel about Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel-and who served as a successful, if often feared, statesman of our fledgling nation.

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