D.C. and Burr: A Novel, Vidal includes an extraordinary amount of detail, and attempts to follow the documented record closely. Vidal’s Lincoln was considered a commercial success. It was on The New York Times’ best-seller chart for 22 weeks and sold over 250 000 hard cover copies. The Afterword of the novel thanks Professor David Herbert Donald of Harvard’s History Department for fact checking the manuscript. References 1984 American novels Novels by Gore Vidal Novels set during the American Civil War Fictional depictions of Abraham Lincoln in literature Random House books Cultural depictions of John Wilkes Booth American novels adapted into films American historical novels American novels adapted into television shows American bildungsromans