Books like Empire by Gore Vidal
Caroline Sanford, a newspaper owner from Washington, D.C., is determined to rise in the male-dominated industry of journalism. In this prodigiously detailed portrait, Gore Vidal depicts the United States as it begins to emerge as a world power, as it emerges from the Reconstruction period and enters the early 20th century. The story spans from the Civil War to the early 1900s, focusing on the lives of the characters and their struggles.
First publish date: 1987
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Gore Vidal
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