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First published in 1968 and now reissued, a portrait of American politics from the New Deal to the McCarthy era, which blends historical figures with fictional characters as it follows the fortunes of a variety of citizens of Washington.
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A lounge lizard look at American politics (Peter Ackroyd, Spectator)
Superb ... sustains constant interest and more than a little suspense (Washington Post)
Gore Vidal, who grew up in the town, wrote in Washington, D.C. what may well be the finest of contemporary novels about the capital (The New Yorker)
Gore Vidal's magnificent series of historical novels or novelised histories (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
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Superb ... sustains constant interest and more than a little suspense (Washington Post)
Gore Vidal, who grew up in the town, wrote in Washington, D.C. what may well be the finest of contemporary novels about the capital (The New Yorker)
Gore Vidal's magnificent series of historical novels or novelised histories (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
* The sixth novel in the chronology of Vidal's epic NARRATIVES OF EMPIRE, embodying the passage of American history.
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- PublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd
- Publication date1967
- ISBN 10 0434829544
- ISBN 13 9780434829545
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
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