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Cyrus spitama, grandson of the prophet zoroaster and lifelong friend of xerxes, spent most of his life as persian ambassador for the great king darius. Read death before bedtime by gore vidal available from rakuten kobo. In 2002 he published a restored version, reinstating four chapters that a previous editor had cut and adding a brief foreword explaining what had happened and why he had restored the cut chapters. We meet a vast array of historical figures in a staggering novel of love, war, philosophy, and adventure. A sweeping novel of politics, war, philosophy, and adventurein a restored edition, featuring neverbeforepublished material from gore vidals original manuscript creation offers a captivating grand tour of the ancient world. Creation, vidal, gore, published by random house inc, new york, 1981. Gore vidal 1925, henry james 18431916, theodore roosevelt 18581919, william jennings bryan 18601925, william mckinley 18431901, william randolph hearst 18631951, aaron burr 17561836, julian emperor of rome 3363, timothy mcveigh, abraham lincoln 18091865, george washington 17321799, john adams 17351826, thomas. The middle name, louis, was a mistake on the part of his father, who could. His first novel, williwaw, written when he was 19 years old and serving in. Creation by gore vidal random house, 1981 s ome years ago, gore vidal hit upon the idea that one man, given a long enough life, opportunity to travel, and a knack for being in the right place at the right time, could have met face to face with zoroaster, socrates, the buddha and confucius. Gore vidal was born in 1925 at the united states military academy at west point. Unafraid to point fingers and assassinate characters, gore vidal has always been provocative, if not universally liked.
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Creation by gore vidal penguin random house canada. Creation a sweeping novel of politics, war, philosophy, and adventurein a restored edition, featuring neverbeforepublished material from gore vidals original manuscriptcreation offers a captivating grand tour of the ancient world. Military academy at west point, new york, the only child of eugene luther vidal 18951969 and nina s. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 528 pages and is available in paperback format. The remarkable bestseller about the fourthcentury roman emperor who famously tried to halt the spread of christianity, julian is widely regarded as one of gore vidals finest historical novels.
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Eugene louis vidal, 3 october 1925 31 july 2012 was an american writer novels, essays, screenplays, stage plays and a public intellectual known for his patrician manner, epigrammatic wit, and polished style of writing. A prolific essayist and acclaimed author of historical novels such as 1984s lincoln, his talent for positioning history within a modern context is one thing about vidal that remains undisputed. Death before bedtime ebook by gore vidal rakuten kobo. A precocious talent, he began writing poems and stories as a young teenager and took his first stab at novels before he was out of high school. His first novel, williwaw, written when he was nineteen years old and serving in the army, appeared in the spring of 1946. Gore vidal 19252012 was an american writer and public intellectual. This is the thesis of creation, a historical novel which geographically spans most of the fifth century civilised world and intellectually engages with an immense range of ideas about the fundamental nature of creation. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 207 pages and is available in paperback format. Gore vidal books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. Oct 26, 2000 visiting gore vidal is no small undertaking. Curtis s gibson this is the first fulllength study to include vidals most recent novels and the first designed to meet the needs of the general reader as well as students of contemporary literature. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are. He wrote 23 novels, five plays, many screenplays, short stories, well over 200 essays, and a memoir.
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Gore vidal 1925 eugene luther gore vidal born october 3, 1925, known simply as gore vidal, is a wellknown american writer of novels, plays and essays, and has been a public figure for over fifty years he was born eugene luther vidal in west point, new york, the son of eugene vidal and nina gore. Gore vidal has been entertaining, and occasionally outraging, the american public for fifty years. C occasionally he seems to be interested in presenting shrewd alternative versions of textbook history particularly the greekpersian wars, the sort of dustedoff, backroom politics he managed quite well in his american historicals burr, 1876. Once again the incomparable gore vidal interprets and animates history this time in a panoramic tour of the 5th century b. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are julian the apostate. Vidal was born there because his first lieutenant father was the first aeronautics instructor of the military academy. A place to share deals on ebook titles and hardware. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 574 pages and is available in hardcover format. It opens early on a frozen winter morning in 1861, when presidentelect abraham lincoln slips into washington, flanked by two bodyguards.
A military genius on the level of julius caesar and alexander the great, a graceful and persuasive essayist, and a philosopher devoted to worshiping the gods of hellenism, he became embroiled in a fierce intellectual war with christianity that provoked his. Julian the apostate, nephew of constantine the great, was one of the brightest yet briefest lights in the history of the roman empire. This is gore vidal s romp through fifth century asia and is a fun way to learn about zoriastorism, buddhism, confucision, etc from a persians point of view. Since then he has written twentythree novels, five plays, many screenplays, short stories, well over two hundred essays, and a memoir. Shop amongst our popular books, including 158, of human bondage, creation and more from gore vidal. The gore vidal indexis a site offering information and research on vidal and his work. Read creation a novel by gore vidal available from rakuten kobo. This book has resulted in a more serious interest in middle eastern, indian and far eastern history and philosophy. Gore vidal books biography and list of works author of.
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