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Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire se ries 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 e x perience as interpreted by one of its most worldly, knowing, and ironic observers.
Burr is a portrait of perhaps the most compl ex and mi sunderstood 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 journa list , and together they e xplore both Burr's past and the continuing political intrigues of the still young United States.
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