Burr

Recommended by David Sabatini, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #96 in American Revolution

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,...
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David Sabatini I tend to like historical fiction, so some of the books I’ve liked a lot and given to others have been Gore Vidal books. Like [this one]. (Source)


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