Washington, D.C.By: Gore Vidal With a New Introduction Washington, D. C., is the final installment in Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire,his acclaimed six volume series of historical novels about the American past. It offers an illuminating portrait of our republic from the time of the New Deal to the McCar thy era. Widely regarded as Vidal's ultimate comment on how the American political system degrades those who participate in it, Washington, D. C. is a stunning