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Country
  
United States

Series
  
Narratives of Empire

Pages
  
496 pp

Author
  
Gore Vidal

Followed by
  
Hollywood

Publisher
  
Random House

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Language
  
English

Publication date
  
1987

Originally published
  
1987

Preceded by
  
1876

Genre
  
Historical drama

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Media type
  
Print (Hardback & Paperback)

Similar
  
Gore Vidal books, Narratives of Empire books, Other books

Empire is the fourth historical novel in the Narratives of Empire series by Gore Vidal, published in 1987.

The novel concerns the fictional newspaper dynasty of half-sibling characters Caroline and Blaise Sanford. Playing these characters against real-life figures of the years 1898 to 1907, the novel portrays the conjunction of government and mass media in the creation of modern-day America. As with Vidal's other books in his Narratives of Empire series, this novel offers an insight into the journalism of the time, following the exploits of William Randolph Hearst in his efforts to displace Theodore Roosevelt as president in 1904. Following the events leading up to and following the ascension of Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency following William McKinley's assassination, it includes pithy portraits of such leading public figures of the day as Roosevelt, Hearst, Henry Brooks Adams, Henry James, Secretary of State John Hay and President William McKinley. In this tome, the descendants of Charlie Schuyler, the fictitious main character, continue the American saga of empire building. Nevertheless, most of the characters in this novel are nonfiction and historic.

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