Gore Vidal and Lincoln's legacy

[Laurie Verge]

I read very few of Vidal's works, but he did manage to keep the "idea" of history being entertaining alive. However, he was no David McCullough.

That said, I did read and enjoy (and overlooked errors in) Lincoln. It has been years since I read it, but I remember thinking at the time that he managed to make Lincoln seem like the mere mortal he was - not the god that so many have turned him into.