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Creation
- A Novel
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 27 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
A sweeping novel of politics, war, philosophy, and adventure - in a restored edition, featuring never-before-published material from Gore Vidal’s original manuscript - Creation offers a captivating grand tour of the ancient world....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The other side of the story.
- By Greg at 2 Book Lovers Reviews on 2020-04-12
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Creation
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 27 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2020-01-07
- Language: English
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Burr
- A Novel (Narratives of Empire, Book 1)
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
For listeners who can’t get enough of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton, Gore Vidal’s stunning novel about Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel - and who served as a successful, if often feared, statesman of our fledgling nation....
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Burr
- A Novel (Narratives of Empire, Book 1)
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: Narratives of Empire, Book 1
- Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2019-06-11
- Language: English
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Julian
- A Novel
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner, George Newbern, David de Vries, and others
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
The remarkable bestseller about the fourth-century Roman emperor who famously tried to halt the spread of Christianity, Julian is widely regarded as one of Gore Vidal’s finest historical novels....
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Julian
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner, George Newbern, David de Vries, Jeff Cummings
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2019-09-03
- Language: English
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Myra Breckinridge
- A Novel (Myra and Myron, Book 1)
- Written by: Gore Vidal, Camille Paglia - introduction
- Narrated by: Michelle Hendley, Camille Paglia
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Finally available as an audiobook - Gore Vidal's outrageous and immortal, gender-bending and polymorphously perverse, over-the-top, and utterly on-target comic masterpiece....
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Myra Breckinridge
- A Novel (Myra and Myron, Book 1)
- Narrated by: Michelle Hendley, Camille Paglia
- Series: Myra and Myron, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2019-05-21
- Language: English
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Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated
- American Imperialism, Book 1
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
In a series of penetrating and alarming essays, whose centerpiece is a commentary on the events of September 11, 2001 (deemed then too controversial to publish), Gore Vidal challenges the comforting consensus following September 11th....
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Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated
- American Imperialism, Book 1
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Series: American Imperialism Series, Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2019-12-31
- Language: English
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Lincoln
- A Novel (Narratives of Empire, Book 2)
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 32 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
On a frozen winter morning in 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln slips into Washington, flanked by two bodyguards. The future president is in disguise, for there is talk of a plot to murder him....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant Performance by Grover Gardner
- By John Devlin on 2020-02-04
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Lincoln
- A Novel (Narratives of Empire, Book 2)
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: Narratives of Empire, Book 2
- Length: 32 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2019-06-25
- Language: English
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Palimpsest
- A Memoir
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 18 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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This explosively entertaining memoir abounds in gossip, satire, historical apercus, and trenchant observations. Vidal’s compelling narrative weaves back and forth in time, providing a whole view of the author’s celebrated life, from his birth in 1925 to today....
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Palimpsest
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 18 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 2020-04-28
- Language: English
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Point to Point Navigation
- A Memoir
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Gore Vidal
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
In this extraordinary memoir, Vidal recalls his accomplishments and defeats, discusses the friends and enemies he has made, and contemplates the nature of mortality....
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Point to Point Navigation
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Gore Vidal
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2006-12-20
- Language: English
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United States: Essays 1952-1992
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 60 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Gore Vidal’s reputation as America’s finest essayist is an enduring one. This collection, chosen by the author from 40 years of work, contains about two-thirds of what he published in various magazines and journals....
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United States: Essays 1952-1992
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 60 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2019-12-31
- Language: English
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The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal
- Written by: Gore Vidal, Jay Parini - editor
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Gore Vidal - novelist, playwright, critic, screenwriter, memoirist, indefatigable political commentator, and controversialist - is America’s premier man of letters. No other writer brings more sparkling wit, vast learning, indelible personality, and provocative mirth to the job....
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The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2019-07-02
- Language: English
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The City and the Pillar
- A Novel
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Jim, a handsome, all-American athlete, has always been shy around girls. But when he and his best friend, Bob, partake in “awful kid stuff,” the experience forms Jim’s ideal of spiritual completion....
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The City and the Pillar
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-15
- Language: English
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Messiah
- A Novel
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Messiah traces the collapse of Christianity and the rise of the next great religion of Western civilization: Cavism. Founded by undertaker John Cave, Cavism holds that it is a holy thing to die....
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Messiah
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2020-03-03
- Language: English
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1876: A Novel
- Narratives of Empire, Book 3
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
The third volume of Gore Vidal's magnificent series of historical novels aimed at demythologizing the American past, 1876 chronicles the political scandals and dark intrigues that rocked the United States in its centennial year....
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1876: A Novel
- Narratives of Empire, Book 3
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: Narratives of Empire, Book 3
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2019-08-06
- Language: English
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Inventing a Nation
- Washington, Adams, Jefferson
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht, Gore Vidal
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Volumes have been written about George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, but no previous work captures the intimate and vital details the way Inventing a Nation does....
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Inventing a Nation
- Washington, Adams, Jefferson
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht, Gore Vidal
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2004-08-19
- Language: English
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Empire: A Novel
- Narratives of Empire, Book 4
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 23 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
While America struggles to define its destiny, beautiful and ambitious Caroline Sanford fights to control her own fate. One of Vidal’s most inspired creations, she is an embodiment of the complex, vigorous young nation....
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Empire: A Novel
- Narratives of Empire, Book 4
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: Narratives of Empire, Book 4
- Length: 23 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2019-09-17
- Language: English
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Hollywood: A Novel
- Narratives of Empire, Book 5
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 21 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
It is 1917, and President Woodrow Wilson is about to lead the country into the Great War in Europe. In California, a new industry is born that will irreversibly transform America. Caroline Sanford, the alluring heroine of Empire, discovers the power of moving pictures....
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Hollywood: A Novel
- Narratives of Empire, Book 5
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: Narratives of Empire, Book 5
- Length: 21 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2019-11-12
- Language: English
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Washington, D.C.
- Narratives of Empire, Book 6
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Washington, D.C. is the final installment in Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire, his acclaimed six-volume series of historical novels about the American past. It offers an illuminating portrait of our republic from the time of the New Deal to the McCar-thy era....
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Washington, D.C.
- Narratives of Empire, Book 6
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: Narratives of Empire, Book 6
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2019-12-31
- Language: English
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The Golden Age
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Anne Twomey
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
The Golden Age is a vibrant tapestry of American political and cultural life from 1939 to 1954, when the epochal events of World War II and the Cold War transformed America....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Unnecessary appendix
- By Paul A. Crozier on 2023-12-15
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The Golden Age
- Narrated by: Anne Twomey
- Series: Narratives of Empire, Book 7
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2001-01-24
- Language: English
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The Best Man
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Terrence Currier, Johnny Holliday, Naomi Jacobson, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
This darkly satirical drama by Gore Vidal finds two presidential contenders seeking the endorsement of an aging ex-president....
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The Best Man
- Narrated by: Terrence Currier, Johnny Holliday, Naomi Jacobson, Timmy Ray James, Michael Kramer, Marsha Mason, Paul Morella, Kevin Murray
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Release date: 2007-10-15
- Language: English
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Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta
- American Imperialism, Book 2
- Written by: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
When Gore Vidal’s New York Times bestseller Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace was published, the Los Angeles Times described Vidal as the last defender of the American republic. In Dreaming War, Vidal continues this defense....
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Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta
- American Imperialism, Book 2
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Series: American Imperialism Series, Book 2
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2019-12-31
- Language: English
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