 Complete the following phrase:  Lincoln: A Novel is a 1984 historical novel, part of the Narratives of Empire series by Gore Vidal. The novel describes the presidency of Abraham Lincoln and extends from the start of the American Civil War until his assassination. Rather than focus on the Civil War itself, the novel is centred on Lincolns political and personal struggles. Though Lincoln is the focus, the book is never narrated from his point of view with the exception of several paragraphs describing a dream Lincoln had shortly before his 