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Burr (1973), by Gore Vidal, is a historical novel that challenges the traditional founding-fathers iconography of United States history, by means of a narrative that includes a fictional memoir, by Aaron Burr, in representing the people, politics, a. .

Burr (1973), by Gore Vidal, is a historical novel that challenges the traditional founding-fathers iconography of United States history, by means of a narrative that includes a fictional memoir, by Aaron Burr, in representing the people, politics, and events of the . in the early nineteenth century. It was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1974.

Gore Vidal's "Burr" is everything an historical novel should be, and more. A particular strength of "Burr" is the construct of the narrative

Gore Vidal's "Burr" is everything an historical novel should be, and more. Aaron Burr, along with Benedict Arnold, were America's original bad boys. Vidal's novel goes a long way in humanizing Burr, but does not necessarily minimize his notoriety. Rather, Vidal's novel reflects a plausible portrait of the only vice-president to literally get away with murder. Vidal does equally well personifying Burr's contemporaries. A particular strength of "Burr" is the construct of the narrative. Vidal moves seamlessly back and forth from the turbulent Revolutionary years of our Republic through the Jacksonian era.

Burr is the opening volume in Gore Vidal's great fictional chronicle of American history, each of which is being .

Burr is the opening volume in Gore Vidal's great fictional chronicle of American history, each of which is being republished in the Modern Library. History & Fiction. No other living writer brings more sparkling wit, vast learning, indelible personality, and provocative mirth to the job of writing an essay.

An extraordinarily intelligent and entertaining novel. Like a bruised apple, Burr has long lain ready for peeling, and what a fascinating book Vidal has made of him!

An extraordinarily intelligent and entertaining novel. A dazzling entertainment, a tour de force of historical imagination, a devastating analysis of America’s first principles. Like a bruised apple, Burr has long lain ready for peeling, and what a fascinating book Vidal has made of him! -Atlantic Monthly. Burr is a bravura tour de force, a brilliant evocation of the American political scene. Gore Vidal was born in 1925 at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (/vɪˈdɑːl/; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, patrician manner, and polished style of writing. Vidal was born into a political family; his maternal grandfather, Thomas Pryor Gore, served as United States senator from Oklahoma (1907–1921 and 1931–1937)

The Aaron Burr of this story is really a surrogate for the wicked wit of Gore Vidal. I’d like to think that Burr was exactly how Vidal portrayed, the enigma of charm and enticing, irreverent behavior.

The Aaron Burr of this story is really a surrogate for the wicked wit of Gore Vidal. His observations on the founding fathers is frankly hilarious.

Brilliantly realized, enormously readable, Gore Vidal's best seller paints a fascinating portrait of Aaron Burr, who lived out his long life partly as a.

Brilliantly realized, enormously readable, Gore Vidal's best seller paints a fascinating portrait of Aaron Burr, who lived out his long life partly as a suspected traitor and partly as one of the most heroic and colorful founding fathers. Though the memoir itself and the young journalist are fictional, the facts are actual. The result is the rarest of books - a powerfully readable historical novel which at the same time recreates with scrupulous accuracy and the originality of a major historical imagination the most significant years in the history of America.

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Gore Vidal was born to Eugene Luther Vidal and Nina Gore at West Point in New York. Burr is the first book in the Narratives of Empire series. The book throws the spotlight on Aaron Burr, a figure that set the political arena of his time on fire

Gore Vidal was born to Eugene Luther Vidal and Nina Gore at West Point in New York. He attended St. Albans Preparatory School. At birth, Gore was christened Eugene Louis Vidal. It wasn’t until he was baptized at the age of 13 at Albans that he got the name ‘Gore’. The book throws the spotlight on Aaron Burr, a figure that set the political arena of his time on fire. Gore Vidal uses his wicked sense of humor and charming literary style to present the different dimensions of Aaron Burr.

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. With their broad canvas and sprawling cast of fictional and historical characters. With their broad canvas and sprawling cast of fictional and historical characters, these novels present a panorama of American politics and imperialism, as interpreted by one of our most incisive and ironic observers. I read this after "1876" and had a bit more trouble following it although there were definitely signs of Vidal's great writing. Troubled times for the early founding fathers with very little agreement.