The Golden Age (Gore Vidal Novel) - Allusions/references To Actual History, Geography and Current Science

Allusions/references To Actual History, Geography and Current Science

American Chronicle series by Gore Vidal
also known as Narratives of Empire
  • Burr
  • Lincoln
  • 1876
  • Empire
  • Hollywood
  • Washington, D.C.
  • The Golden Age
Gore Vidal
Plays
  • Visit to a Small Planet (1957)
  • The Best Man (1960)
Novels
  • The City and the Pillar (1948)
  • Julian (1964)
  • Washington, D.C. (1967)
  • Myra Breckinridge (1968)
  • Two Sisters (1970)
  • Burr (1973)
  • Myron (1974)
  • 1876 (1976)
  • Kalki (1978)
  • Creation (1981)
  • Duluth (1983)
  • Lincoln (1984)
  • Empire (1987)
  • Hollywood (1990)
  • Live from Golgotha: The Gospel according to Gore Vidal (1992)
  • The Smithsonian Institution (1998)
  • The Golden Age (2000)
Screenplays
  • The Catered Affair (1956)
  • I Accuse! (1958)
  • The Scapegoat (1959)
  • Ben Hur (1959) (uncredited)
  • Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
  • The Best Man (1964)
  • Is Paris Burning? (1966)
  • Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
  • Caligula (1979)
  • The Sicilian (1987) (uncredited)
  • Billy the Kid (1989)
  • Dimenticare Palermo (1989)
People
  • Eugene Luther Vidal (father)
  • Burr Steers (nephew)
  • Hugh Auchincloss Steers (nephew)


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