Empire

Name: Empire
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Gore Vidal
ISBN: 9781543696684

Author: Gore Vidal

Series: Narratives of Empire #4

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Unabridged: 23 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 09/17/2019

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

While America struggles to define its destiny, beautiful and ambitious Caroline Sanford fights to control her own fate. One of Vidal’s most inspired creations, she is an embodiment of the complex, vigorous young nation. From the back offices of her Washington newspaper, Caroline confronts the two men who threaten to thwart her ambition: William Randolph Hearst and his protégé, Blaise Sanford, Caroline’s half brother. In their struggles for power the lives of brother and sister become intertwined with those of Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, as well as Astors, Vanderbilts, and Whitneys—all incarnations of America’s Gilded Age.“Mr. Vidal demonstrates a political imagination and insider’s sagacity equaled by no other practicing fiction writer. Like the earlier novels in his historical cycle, Empire is a wonderfully vivid documentary drama.” — The New York Times Book Review

About Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal (1925–2012) was born at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His first novel, Williwaw, written when he was 19 years old and serving in the army, appeared in the spring of 1946. He wrote 23 novels, five plays, many screenplays, short stories, well over 200 essays, and a memoir.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tony on November 23, 2007

This is the second book from Gore Vidal's "Narratives of Empire" that I've read, and like the other one, Burr, I enjoyed it very much. All of the books in this series feature real figures from history set against a background of real historical events, meticulously researched by Vidal -- a respected......more

Goodreads review by Beth on September 13, 2007

Gore Vidal is one of my favorite writers of all time. He's the smart guy who speaks circles around you with his vocabulary but doesn't lord it over you. First and foremost, he has always made me laugh. His satire has velvet teeth and I've admired his ability to say it as he wishes. Mixing well resea......more

Goodreads review by Marley on March 18, 2012

Another brilliant entry in Narratives of Empire. John Hay, TR, William Rnadolph Hearst, Henry James, and my hero, Henry Adams. It can't get much better than this. And, of course, Caroline and Blaise. Like the other entries in the series, Empire had me running to the internet to look for people I sho......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on August 06, 2020

Never a dull moment in Gore Vidal's novel, "Empire" which takes place mostly in Washington, DC at the turn of the 20th century. For starters, Mr Vidal's characterization of William Randoph Hearst is something to marvel at. At a time where the term, fake news, has become popular, Mr. Hearst's brillia......more

Goodreads review by Infosifter on August 29, 2020

Some books are loved for their intricacy of plot, others for their depth of character. The star of this novel is the setting – not so much a place as an era. In America at the dawn of the 20th century you could get anything you wanted if you had the money, the connections, and good looks. Half-sibli......more