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Historical person
1818–1882
Mary Todd Lincoln was the wife of Abraham Lincoln and first lady during the American Civil War. She managed a politically exposed household while enduring intense criticism, divided family loyalties, the deaths of children and the assassination of her husband.
Series
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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