Emphasis Preaching Journal

In a superb historical novel concerning the Lincoln years, Gore Vidal helps the reader to understand the emotions that gripped the nation in that critical period. Titled Lincoln: A Novel, the story reveals an intimate view of how people had to make their private decisions concerning the man who in great anguish had to steer a difficult course in the most crucial moment of our nation's history. From the moment Lincoln descended upon Washington secretly and in disguise, rivals had plotted against his life.