Burr
The Man Who Shot Hamilton
$26.57
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
25 May 1994
Summary
Gore Vidal’s classic novel of Aaron Burr - the man who shot Alexander Hamilton.
In 1804, Colonel Aaron Burr, Vice-President of the United States, shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Three years later, on the order of President Thomas Jefferson, he was tried for treason: for plotting to dismember the United States.
Gore Vidal, romping iconoclastically through American history, debunks, in this historical novel of Burr’s life, the common and casually held notion of the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349105314 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349105316 |
| Author: | Gore Vidal |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 25 May 1994 |
| Weight: | 356g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 124mm x 34mm |
| Series: | Narratives of empire |
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… magnificent.
Fascinating reading … the story is as many-sided as the American continent itself - DAILY TELEGRAPH
Intensely readable; artfully constructed; often touching; sometimes very funny … written with great skill, wit and elegance - OBSERVERMagnificent - Gabriel Garcia MarquezAbout The Author
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal was at the centre of literary and intellectual life for half a century and wrote ‘The Narratives of a Golden Age’ series as well as countless bestsellers. He died on 31st July 2012.
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