Lincoln

About “Lincoln”

Lincoln: A Novel is a 1984 historical novel by Gore Vidal, part of the Narratives of Empire series. It covers Abraham Lincoln’s presidency from the start of the American Civil War until his assassination. The novel focuses on Lincoln’s political and personal challenges rather than the war itself. Vidal tells the story through the perspectives of key historical figures, rather than from Lincoln’s point of view. He uses sources such as contemporary diaries, letters, memoirs, and historical writings to construct the narrative. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)