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Historical person
1814–1869
Edwin M. Stanton was the United States secretary of war for most of the American Civil War. He managed mobilisation, military communications and the War Department under Lincoln, then became a central figure in conflict between President Andrew Johnson and Congress.
Series
Gore Vidal’s seven-volume Narratives of Empire sequence follows the United States from the revolutionary generation to the Cold War, combining the lives of the fictional Schuyler, Sanford and Day families with presidents, senators, journalists and political operators. The novels treat public history as a contest over power, reputation…
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