Book Description:
\nFor fans of Hamilton and Lin-Manuel Miranda\, here is the New York Times bestselli ng novel that Cosmopolitan called\, "A juicy answer to Ron Chernow's Alexa nder Hamilton."
\nSet against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution\, and featuring a cast of legendary characters\, histo rian and master storyteller Elizabeth Cobbs tells the sweeping\, tumultuou s\, true story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler\, from passion ate and tender beginnings of their romance to his fateful duel on the bank s of the Hudson River.
\nAlexander Hamilton was a bastard and orphan \, raised in the Caribbean and desperate for legitimacy\, who became one o f the American Revolution's most dashing--and improbable--heroes. Admired by George Washington\, scorned by Thomas Jefferson\, Hamilton was a lightn ing rod: the most controversial leader of the new nation. Elizabeth Schuyl er was the wealthy\, beautiful\, adventurous daughter of the respectable S chuyler clan--and a pioneering advocate for women. Together\, the unlikely couple braved the dangers of war\, the perils of seduction\, the anguish of infidelity\, and the scourge of partisanship that menaced their family and the country itself.
\nWith flawless writing\, brilliantly drawn characters\, and filled with politics\, scandal\, adultery\, and true love \, this historical novel tells a story of love forged in revolution and te sted by the bitter strife of young America\, and will take its place among the greatest novels of American history ever written.
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