EMPIRE

Empire is the fourth historical novel in the Narratives of Empire series by the American writer Gore Vidal (1925-2012).

It was published in 1987; this is a stated first edition and it is in pristine condition.

The novel concerns the fictional newspaper dynasty of half-siblings 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. It 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. It includes 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.

It is navy blue boards with the author's name on the cover, in gold, and gold lettering on the spine. There are no marks of any kind in it or on it.

The dust jacket shows some shelf-wear, and some yellowing. Although it is creamy-yellow anyway and is a gorgeous book without the dust jacket.

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