Narratives of Empire

The Narratives of Empire series is a heptalogy of historical novels by Gore Vidal, published between 1967 and 2000, which chronicle the dawn-to-decadence history of the American Empire. Publication order: • Washington, D.C. (1967) • Burr (1973) • 1876 (1976) • Lincoln (1984) • Empire (1987) • Hollywood (1990) • The Golden Age (2000) Internal book chronology order: • Burr (1775–1808, 1833–1836, 1840) • Lincoln (1861–1865, 1867) • 1876 (1875–1877) • Empire (1898–1907) • Hollywood (1917–1923) • Washington, D.C. (1937–1952) • The Golden Age (1939–1954, 2000)