The author called this volume his biography of the United States. It's an epic blend of history and fiction, public lives and private ones, the scandals of politics and the scandals of the young motion picture industry. This is history as brilliantly imagined and re-created by Gore Vidal. Through Caroline Sanford, her half-brother Blaise, William Randolph Hearst, President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Warren G, Harding, and the Duchess, as well as an array of other real and historical characters.

(Key Words: Scandal, Hollywood, Motion Picture Industry, Gore Vidal, William Randolph Hearst, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G, Harding).