Lincoln (novel)
Lincoln: A Novel is a 1984 historical novel, part of the Narratives of Empire series by Gore Vidal. The novel describes the presidency of Abraham Lincoln and extends from the start of the American Civil War until his assassination. Rather than focus on the Civil War itself, the novel is centred on Lincoln's political and personal struggles. Though Lincoln is the focus, the book is never narrated from his point of view (with the exception of several paragraphs describing a dream Lincoln had shortly before his death); Vidal instead writes from the perspective of key historical figures. He draws from contemporary diaries, memoirs, letters, newspaper accounts, the biographical writings of John Hay and John Nicolay (Lincoln's secretaries), and the work of modern historians.
previous work
subsequent work
Wikipage disambiguates
Wikipage redirect
1876 (novel)1984 in literature1988 in American televisionAbraham Lincoln's Lyceum addressBeardstown,_IllinoisBiography in literatureBurr (novel)David HeroldErnest KinoyGore VidalKate ChaseLincolnLincoln: A NovelLincoln (miniseries)List of historical novelsList of works by Gore VidalNarratives of EmpirePublishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1980sRichard MulliganRichard N. Current
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
followed by
preceded by
primaryTopic
Lincoln (novel)
Lincoln: A Novel is a 1984 historical novel, part of the Narratives of Empire series by Gore Vidal. The novel describes the presidency of Abraham Lincoln and extends from the start of the American Civil War until his assassination. Rather than focus on the Civil War itself, the novel is centred on Lincoln's political and personal struggles. Though Lincoln is the focus, the book is never narrated from his point of view (with the exception of several paragraphs describing a dream Lincoln had shortly before his death); Vidal instead writes from the perspective of key historical figures. He draws from contemporary diaries, memoirs, letters, newspaper accounts, the biographical writings of John Hay and John Nicolay (Lincoln's secretaries), and the work of modern historians.
has abstract
Lincoln: A Novel is a 1984 his ...... the work of modern historians.
@en
author
ISBN
0-375-70876-6
literary genre
media type
number of pages
OCLC
previous work
publisher
series
subsequent work
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
1,020,434,748
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
author
caption
Cover of the first edition
@en
country
United States
@en
followed by
genre
language
English
@en
media type
Print
@en
name
Lincoln
@en
oclc
43,479,239
preceded by
publisher
release date
series
Narratives of Empire
@en
wikiPageUsesTemplate
publisher
Random House
subject
hypernym
comment
Lincoln: A Novel is a 1984 his ...... the work of modern historians.
@en
label
Lincoln (novel)
@en
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Lincoln
@en