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By Gore Vidal

ISBN-10: 0307784231

ISBN-13: 9780307784230

Lincoln is the cornerstone of Gore Vidal's fictional American chronicle, inclusive of Burr, 1876, Washington, D.C., Empire, and Hollywood. It opens early on a frozen iciness morning in 1861, while President-elect Abraham Lincoln slips into Washington, flanked by way of bodyguards. the longer term president is in conceal, for there's speak of a plot to homicide him. throughout the subsequent 4 years there'll be quite a few plots to homicide this guy who has sworn to unite a disintegrating kingdom. remoted in a ramshackle White apartment within the heart of a proslavery urban, Lincoln presides over a fragmenting executive as Lee's armies beat on the gates. during this profoundly relocating novel, a piece of epic proportions and excessive human sympathy, Lincoln is saw by means of his household and his opponents. the forged of characters is nearly Dickensian: politicians, generals, White residence aides, newspapermen, Northern and Southern conspirators, amiably evil bankers, and a spouse slowly going mad. Vidal's portrait of the president is without delay intimate
and enormous, stark and intricate, drawn with the wit, grace, and authority of 1 of the nice ancient novelists.
With a brand new creation via the writer.

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I waited until his crew’s fish were all unloaded and he stepped along the harbour road, his boots ringing on the cobbles. Then I ran after him.  . ’ He looked at me, his eyes very blue in his weathered face. He was the most handsome of all the men, fine and upstanding, without a big belly filling his jersey. He was clean shaven and had good white teeth when he smiled. Oh, he had such a dazzling smile. ‘Yes, I’m Bobbie. ’ he said pleasantly. I swallowed, trying to think of the right words. I saw the woman I’d spoken to staring at us curiously.

Oh dear, it’s been a long night. I shall be glad to get to my bed. So how can I help you? Who are you? ’ ‘I – I have several names. ’ ‘My, my, you go in for some very fancy names! ’ He said the three names solemnly enough, but his eyes crinkled, his mouth twitched, and I knew he was laughing at me. I took a deep breath. ‘I – I think I might be kin of yours,’ I said. He stared at me. ‘What, some long-lost cousin or something of that sort? ’ ‘No, sir. I have taken the surname of Battersea, after my mother.

She looked as if she wanted to stick it straight in me. ‘Could you call Mina from the shore? And where’s Ezra? Is he playing truant from school again? Look for him on Long Beach. I need you all at home,’ Father said. ’ He spoke with calm authority, but I could feel him trembling as he turned me round and steered me onwards. I heard an excited babble behind us as folk repeated what he’d said. I peered round. Katherine was staring after me as she hurried down to the beach. ‘Oh, Father, she hates me,’ I said.

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