Description
A sharp, panoramic look at America’s rise to modern power, this novel follows Caroline Sanford as she defies the expectations of her era by taking control of her own newspaper in Washington, D.C. As her half-brother joins her and a rising politician draws her into the orbit of national ambition, the story traces how headlines, influence, and ideology collide—especially in the hands of media titans like William Randolph Hearst. Told through a lively weave of perspectives that includes statesmen and cultural observers, it examines the uneasy relationship between politics and the press, and how public “reality” can be manufactured. With Gore Vidal’s signature wit and historical acuity, the narrative builds toward a high-stakes confrontation between Hearst and Theodore Roosevelt, asking what power really means when it is amplified by spectacle.
Available Editions
paperback
Abacus
Published Apr 4, 2002
336 pages
ISBN: 9780349115283
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Details
First Published
1987
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Last Empire by Gore Vidal.