Another work in this series consists of the memoirs of Charles Schuyler, who is himself the illegitimate son of the title character of this series' first work.
In one work in this series, the newspaper editor Caroline Sanford travels to the title location at the behest of George Creel, who chairs the Committee for Public Information. Another work in this series consists of the memoirs of Charles Schuyler, who is himself the illegitimate son of the title character of this series' first work. The first of these novels to be written is the penultimate chronologically, and this series begins with a novel also narrated by Schuyler, who is hired by William Leggett to investigate whether Martin Van Buren is the title character's illegitimate son. Perhaps the best known novel in this series covers the last term of its title character before he is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, and is       titled Lincoln. Including the novels Burr, Washington D.C., 1876, and the middle novel which sometimes gives this series its name, for 10 points, identify this heptalogy of historical novels written by Gore Vidal.
In one work in this series, the newspaper editor Caroline Sanford travels to the title location at the behest of George Creel, who chairs the Committee for Public Information.
Narratives of Empire or American Chronicle