A historical novel about Colonel Burr, who was arrested in 1807 by President Jefferson and charged with treason for having wanted to break up the United States. First published in 1974.
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A historical novel about Colonel Burr, who was arrested in 1807 by President Jefferson and charged with treason for having wanted to break up the United States. First published in 1974.
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Historical fiction at the finest. A carefully researched and reconstructed portrait of Aaron Burr. If you are interested in the character and history of this time in early America this is an excellent place to start,
elizabeth w
Dec 23, 2011
Gore Vidal
Wonderful book! Excellent research and beautifully written. A real treat.
Constantius
Aug 27, 2009
Like you're actually there
Gore Vidal places less of himself beween the reader and the world he creates than any other novelist I can think of except Patrick O'Brian. Especially in the scenes of New York City in the 1830s, reading this is less like "reading a Gore Vidal novel" and more like stepping into a time machine and completely departing from everything in the present - including Vidal. It's like you're actually there.
MickyP
Jan 21, 2008
All one would expect from Vidal
Gore Vidal?s take on the polemic character, Colonel Aaron Burr, provides everything one would expect from Vidal. Insight, cutting commentary and an entertaining spin on historical events. Reading this novel is like watching Muhammad Ali box; Vidal floats like a butterfly through dinner parties, the American Revolution, Constitutional debates and trans-American rail trips. The reader is, accordingly, given a panorama of the embryonic stages of the US. Interspersed amongst these beautiful flutterings are powerful stings whereby, in the matter of one page, Vidal uses the written word as a weapon striking a decisive blow against the hypocrisy of Jefferson and Hamilton. The rogue, Burr, emerges from this novel as the one truly noble figure of the Old Republic. The Vidalesque poetic license of the closing remark forces one to go back over the story in a manner only Vidal can compel.
