Lincoln (Narratives of a Golden Age)
by Gore Vidal
Popularity 29
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.
Fiction, historicalFiction, politicalAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fictionPresidents, united states, fictionLincoln, Abraham, in fictionBiographical fictionFictionBelletristische DarstellungPresidents in fictionLincoln, Abraham, in fictionRomans, nouvelles