Empire
a novel
by Gore Vidal
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Empire, the fourth novel in Gore Vidal's monumental six-volume chronicle of the American past, is his prodigiously detailed portrait of the United States at the dawn of the twentieth century as it begins to emerge as a world power.
While America struggles to define its destiny, beautiful and ambitious Caroline Sanford fights to control her own fate. From the back offices of her Washington newspaper, Caroline confronts the two men who threaten to thwart her ambition: William Randolph Hearst and his protege, Blaise Sanford, Caroline's half brother.
In their struggles for power the lives of brother and sister become intertwined with those of Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, as well as Astors, Vanderbilts, and Whitneys - all incarnations of America's Gilded Age.
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Newspaper publishing, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Fiction, historical, Roosevelt, theodore, 1858-1919, fiction, Presidents, fiction, Washington (d.c.), fiction, Fiction, historical, generalPeople
Henry James (1843-1916), William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), William McKinley (1843-1901), Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)Places
United States, Washington (D.C.)Times
1901-1909Showing 8 featured editions. View all 23 editions?
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Caroline Sanford, a newspaper owner from Washington, D.C., struggles to gain power and respect in a male dominated industry, in this prodigiously detailed portrait of the United States as it begins to emerge as a world power at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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