Gore Vidal CREATION A NOVEL 1st Ed. 1st print 1982. This is an Historical novel Published by Random House, Publication date1 January 1981. In very good condition. ISBN 0-394-50015-6 (first edition, hardback)"Creation is an epic historical fiction novel by Gore Vidal which was published in 1981. In 2002, he published a restored version, adding four chapters that a previous editor had cut. He also added a brief 2002 foreword explaining what had happened to the book in its original version and why he restored the cut chapters.Plot summary[edit]The story follows the adventures of a fictional "Cyrus Spitama", an Achaemenid Persian diplomat of the 6th-5th century BCE who travels the known world comparing the political and religious beliefs of various empires of the time. Over the course of his life, he meets many influential philosophical figures of his time, including Zoroaster, Socrates, the Buddha, Mahavira, Lao Tsu, and Confucius."~From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia