Lincoln (Narratives of a Golden Age)

Gore Vidal First published 1984

About this book

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.

Subjects

american fiction (fictional works by one author)
belletristische darstellung
biographical fiction
biographical fiction. gsafd
congresses
copper
electrical engineering
fiction
fiction, historical
fiction, historical, general
fiction, political
histoire
history
lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865 -- fiction
lincoln, abraham, in fiction
materials
modern literature
presidents
presidents in fiction
presidents -- united states -- fiction
presidents, united states, fiction
roman biographique
romans, nouvelles
united states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction