Ron Chernow

Alexander Hamilton

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ADAPTED INTO THE MAJOR AWARD-WINNING BROADWAY MUSICAL, HAMILTON. Opening in London in November 2017!

Alexander Hamilton was an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who overcame all the odds to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States.

Few figures in American history are more controversial. In this masterful work, Chernow shows how the political and economic power of America today is the result of Hamilton's willingness to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time. He charts his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Monroe and Burr; his highly public affair with Maria Reynolds; his loving marriage to his loyal wife Eliza; and the notorious duel with Aaron Burr that led to his death in July 1804.

The book was adapted into a hugely successful Broadway musical — winner of 11 Tony awards — which opens at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London in November 2017.
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1,526 printed pages
Publication year
2016
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  • Cecilia Muñozhas quoted7 years ago
    From that moment on, he was treated as a youthful hero of the cause and recognized as such by Alexander McDougall, John Lamb, Marinus Willett, and other chieftains of the Sons of Liberty
  • Cecilia Muñozhas quoted7 years ago
    The young man gravitated to controversy, indeed gloried in it.
  • Cecilia Muñozhas quoted7 years ago
    Seabury gave Hamilton what he always needed for his best work: a hard, strong position to contest.
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