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Vintage
February 2000
On Sale: February 15, 2000
Featuring: Aaron Burr
448 pages
ISBN: 0375708731
EAN: 9780375708732
Kindle: B005GFBQ6Q
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Historical
Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series spans the history
of the United States from the Revolution to the post-World
War II years. 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. Burr is a portrait of perhaps the most complex and
misunderstood of the Founding Fathers. In 1804, while
serving as vice president, Aaron Burr fought a duel with his
political nemesis, Alexander Hamilton, and killed him. In
1807, he was arrested, tried, and acquitted of treason. In
1833, Burr is newly married, an aging statesman considered a
monster by many. Burr retains much of his political
influence if not the respect of all. And he is determined to
tell his own story. 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.
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