Lincoln

The second novel in the chronology of Vidal's epic CHRONICLES OF EMPIRE, embodying the passage of American History. -- Lincoln is the cornerstone of Gore Vidal's fictional American chronicle, which includes "Burr", "1876", "Washington, D.C.", "Empire" & "Hollywood"... It opens early on a frozen winter morning in 1861, when President-elect Abraham Lincoln slips into Washington, flanked by two bodyguards. The future president is in disguise, for there's talk of a plot to murder him. During the nex