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Published: 06/08/2020
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You've seen the show, you've sung the songs, now read the full story of America's most misunderstood founding father.
'I was swept up by the story. I thought it 'out-Dickens' Dickens in the unlikeliness of this man's rise from his humble beginnings in Nevis in the Caribbean, to changing, helping shape our young nation. And it's uniquely an immigrant story and it's uniquely a story about writers... It's an amazing biography' LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA

Alexander Hamilton was an illegitimate 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 than Alexander Hamilton. 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.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781800244399
Number of pages: 832
Dimensions: 228 x 145 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

A mammoth work of research that charted the course of Hamilton's dazzling career and the dark controversies that accompanied it - Guardian

A magnificent biography - Spectator

An elegantly written, richly detailed account of Hamilton's tempestuous life - The Times

Nobody has captured Hamilton better than Chernow - New York Times Book Review

Chernow charts his way through Hamilton's hectic life, and the tumultuous times in which he lived, with aplomb - Military History Monthly

That biography is incredible. It out-Dickenses Charles Dickens - Lin-Manuel Miranda

A brilliant recreation of the society and culture of the time: thoughtful and playful, moving and powerful - Michael Gove

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Emma - Edinburgh Fort Kinnaird

“Everything the musical doesn't tell you”

I would never, ever have picked up a 700+ page biography of the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States if it weren't for Lin-Manuel Miranda. I never thought, after purchasing the book just to say I... More

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“Hands down amazing!”

Purchased this book from my local Waterstones, returned home and haven't wanted to put it down since!
Having discovered Lin Manuel- Miranda's broadway production of Hamilton last year, I wanted to know more... More

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“I've just finished it and I can now add my name to the list of people who say that this great tome is: WORTH IT”

The drama of it all is definitely worth it alone. Not withstanding it's a story of huge importance in the history of America that (pre-musical) was largely unknown.
Such a tantalising flavour of the times.... More

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