My Pricey Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton

From the New York Occasions bestselling authors of America’s First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton—a revolutionary girl who, like her new nation, struggled to outline herself within the wake of warfare, betrayal, and tragedy. Haunting, shifting, and superbly written, Dray and Kamoie used hundreds of letters and unique sources to inform Eliza’s story because it’s by no means been instructed earlier than—not simply because the wronged spouse on the middle of a political intercourse scandal—but in addition as a founding mom who formed an American legacy in her personal proper.

A common’s daughter…

Coming of age on the perilous frontier of revolutionary New York, Elizabeth Schuyler champions the combat for independence. And when she meets Alexander Hamilton, Washington’s penniless however passionate aide-de-camp, she’s captivated by the younger officer’s charisma and brilliance. They fall in love, regardless of Hamilton’s bastard start and the uncertainties of warfare.

A founding father’s spouse…

However the union they create—of their marriage and the brand new nation—is way from excellent. From glittering inaugural balls to bloody avenue riots, the Hamiltons are on the middle of all of it—together with the political treachery of America’s first intercourse scandal, which forces Eliza to wrestle by means of heartbreak and betrayal to seek out forgiveness.

The final surviving mild of the Revolution…

When a duel destroys Eliza’s hard-won peace, the grieving widow fights her husband’s enemies to protect Alexander’s legacy. However long-buried secrets and techniques threaten every little thing Eliza believes about her marriage and her personal legacy. Questioning her tireless devotion to the person and nation which have damaged her coronary heart, she’s left  with one final battle—to grasp the flawed man she married and imperfect union he may by no means have created with out her…