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Henry Adams

1838–1918

Henry Adams was an American historian, writer and member of the Adams political family. His work examined American democracy, medieval culture and the disorienting forces of modern technology, most famously in The Education of Henry Adams.

In Gore Vidal’s Empire, William Randolph Hearst, John Hay, Henry Adams and Henry James move through the same world of publicity and private calculation.

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Narratives of Empire in Order

by Gore Vidal 5 books 4.3

Gore Vidal’s seven-volume Narratives of Empire sequence follows the United States from the revolutionary generation to the Cold War, combining the lives of the fictional Schuyler, Sanford and Day families with presidents, senators, journalists and political operators. The novels treat public history as a contest over power, reputation…

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