Worldly-wise and ironic observer Gore Vidal`s American Chronicle spans the United States` history from the American Revolution to the Second World War. With a sweeping canvas and an enormous cast of fictional and historical characters, the series delivers an extraordinary panorama of American politics. Every book in the series is a critically acclaimed best-seller. Nearly creating its own civil war among historians when first published, Lincoln portrays the 16th president and his era. Perhaps the most crucial work in the series, this novelistic account reveals Vidal`s theory of America`s transformation from a republic to an imperial state. | Lincoln by Gore Vidal, Paperback | Indigo Chapters