Lincoln
a novel
by Gore Vidal
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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.
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Fiction, historical, Fiction, political, American fiction (fictional works by one author), United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction, Presidents, united states, fiction, Lincoln, Abraham, in fiction, Biographical fiction, Fiction, Belletristische Darstellung, Presidents in fiction, Lincoln, Abraham, in fiction, Romans, nouvelles, Presidents, Biographical fiction. gsafd, Presidents -- United States -- Fiction, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Fiction, Histoire, Roman biographique, Fiction, historical, general, Copper, Congresses, Electrical engineering, MaterialsPeople
Salmon P. Chase, John Hay, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Mary Todd Lincoln, William H. Seward (1801-1872)Places
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Lincoln: a novel
1984, Random House
hardcover
in English
- Random House 1st ed.
0394528956 9780394528953
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An historical novel that describes the presidency of Abraham Lincoln through the eyes of several historical figures including presidential secretary John Hay. Secretary of State William H. Seward, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon Chase, his daughter Kate Chase, U.S. Representative Elihu B. Washburne, and conspirators John Wilkes Booth and David Herold. It focuses on his political and personal struggles, not the Civil War.
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