Vidal, Gore
Burr (Narratives of a golden age)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780349105314
- author:
- Vidal, Gore
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Abacus
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1994
- Pages:
- 512
- Dimensions:
- 13 x 20 x 3.3 centimetres (0.45
- Genre:
- Historical fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Colonel Aaron Burr, Vice-President of the United States, shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804. In this historical novel, Gore Vidal challenges the common perception of Burr as a scoundrel and adventurer, instead revealing him as a complex figure living among coarse and materialistic people. Vidal's novel veers through American history, from the revolution to the early days of the republic, and even reaches forward to the future. It's a story about treason, both the particular and in general, and what really belongs to whom - the Constitution, the nation, the family, or even to novelists and historians.
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