num_pages: 430
description: Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series spans the history of the United States from the Revolution to the post-World War II years. With their broad canvas and large cast of fictional and historical characters, the novels in this series present a panorama of the American political and imperial experience as interpreted by one of its most worldly, knowing, and ironic observers. Burr is a portrait of perhaps the most complex and misunderstood of the Founding Fathers. In 1804, while serving as vice president, Aaron Burr fought a duel with his political nemesis, Alexander Hamilton, and killed him. In 1807, he was arrested, tried, and acquitted of treason. In 1833, Burr is newly married, an aging statesman considered a monster by many. Burr retains much of his political influence if not the respect of all. And he is determined to tell his own story. As his amanuensis, he chooses Charles Schermerhorn Schuyler, a young New York City journalist, and together they explore both Burr's past and the continuing political intrigues of the still young United States.
language: English
title: Burr
titlecomplete: Burr
characters: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr
genres: American, Politics, Historical, Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, American History, Classics, American Revolution, Fiction
ratings_count: 9864
places: The United States of America
series: Narratives of Empire
awards: awardedAt: 126259200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage