![]() ![]() Burr is the first novel in Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series, which spans the history of the United States from the Revolution to post-World War II. ![]() Together, they explore both Burr's pastâ "and the continuing civic drama of their young nation. But he is determined to tell his own story, and he chooses to confide in a young New York City journalist named Charles Schermerhorn Schuyler. In 1833, Burr is newly married, an aging statesman considered a monster by many. In 1807, he was arrested, tried, and acquitted of treason. In 1804, while serving as vice president, Aaron Burr fought a duel with his political nemesis, Alexander Hamilton, and killed him. Here is an extraordinary portrait of one of the most complicatedâ "and misunderstoodâ "figures among the Founding Fathers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, jacket laminated by Vidal. Vidalâ s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife Valerie was born in 1946. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Valerie - love - Gore." The recipient, Valerie Gore was the authorâ s sister. ![]()
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