Hollywood (First Edition)

Vidal, Gore

ISBN 10: 0394576594 / ISBN 13: 9780394576596

Published by Random House, New York, 1990

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NY: Random House, 1990. First Edition. First printing. Hardbound. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Hollywood is the fifth historical novel in Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series. The novel brings back the fictional Caroline Sanford, Blaise Sanford and James Burden Day and the real Theodore Roosevelt and William Randolph Hearst from "Empire" (the fourth novel in the series). Narratives of Empire Burr (1973) Lincoln (1984) 1876 (1976) Empire (1987) Hollywood (1990) Washington, D.C. (1967) The Golden Age (2000) Author Gore Vidal Genre Historical fiction Publisher Random House Published 1967-2000 No. of books 7 The Narratives of Empire series is a heptalogy of historical novels by American author Gore Vidal, published between 1967 and 2000, which chronicle the dawn-to-decadence history of the "American Empire"; the narratives interweave the personal stories of two families with the personages and events of U.S. history. The series comprises Burr (1973); Lincoln (1984); 1876 (1976); Empire (1987); Hollywood (1990); Washington, D.C. (1967); and The Golden Age (2000).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hollywood (First Edition)
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394576594
• ISBN 13: 9780394576596
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

"Wicked and provocative...Vidal's purview of Hollywood in one of its golden ages is fascinating." —Chicago Tribune

In his brilliant and dazzling new novel, Gore Vidal sweeps us into one of the most fascinating periods of American political and social change. The time is 1917. In Washington, President Wilson is about to lead the United States into the Great War. In California, a new industry is born that will transform America: moving pictures. Here is history as only Gore Vidal can re-create it: brimming with intrigue and scandal, peopled by the greats of the silver screen and American politics, from Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks to Franklin D. Roosevelt and the author's own grandfather, the blind Senator Gore. With Hollywood, Vidal once again proves himself a superb storyteller and a perceptive chronicler of human nature's endless deceptions.


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and provocative...Vidal's purview of Hollywood in one of its golden ages is fascinating." Chicago Tribune

In his brilliant and dazzling new novel, Gore Vidal sweeps us into one of the most fascinating periods of American political and social change. The time is 1917. In Washington, President Wilson is about to lead the United States into the Great War. In California, a new industry is born that will transform America: moving pictures. Here is history as only Gore Vidal can re-create it: brimming with intrigue and scandal, peopled by the greats of the silver screen and American politics, from Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks to Franklin D. Roosevelt and the author's own grandfather, the blind Senator Gore. With Hollywood, Vidal once again proves himself a superb storyteller and a perceptive chronicler of human nature's endless deceptions.


From the Paperback edition.