But long-buried secrets threaten everything Eliza believes about her marriage and her own legacy. When a duel destroys Eliza’s hard-won peace, the grieving widow fights her husband’s enemies to preserve Alexander’s legacy. The last surviving light of the Revolution… From glittering inaugural balls to bloody street riots, the Hamiltons are at the center of it all-including the political treachery of America’s first sex scandal, which forces Eliza to struggle through heartbreak and betrayal to find forgiveness. They fall in love, despite Hamilton’s bastard birth and the uncertainties of war.īut the union they create-in their marriage and the new nation-is far from perfect. And when she meets Alexander Hamilton, Washington’s penniless but passionate aide-de-camp, she’s captivated by the young officer’s charisma and brilliance.

Haunting, moving, and beautifully written, Dray and Kamoie used thousands of letters and original sources to tell Eliza’s story as it’s never been told before-not just as the wronged wife at the center of a political sex scandal-but also as a founding mother who shaped an American legacy in her own right.Ĭoming of age on the perilous frontier of revolutionary New York, Elizabeth Schuyler champions the fight for independence. Gordonhastings on FIRST Principles/THOMAS E.From the New York Times bestselling authors of America’s First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton-a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy. A painless, enjoyable lesson in American History.ĭray and Kamoie also authored America’s First Daughter.Īnother excellent Hamilton biography is ALEXANDER HAMILTON, A LIFEby Willard Sterne Randall. The entire cast is in the book: Eliza, Hamilton, Angelica, Washington, Burr, Lafayette, Madison, Monroe, Adams, Lauren’s, Jefferson, King George, the Schuyler sisters and Hamilton children. Additionally, it is an excellent stand alone summer read offering insight not only insight into Eliza’s and Hamilton’s relationship and the Revolutionary War but also the life style of 18th century New York City and the wealthy Dutch plantations along the Hudson. If you have not seen either the Broadway production or the movie HAMILTON read this novel first as a guide through the nuances of the story line. MY DEAR HAMILTON, A NOVEL OF ELIZA SCHUYLER HAMILTON by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie is an excellent work of well researched historical fiction. I recommend another very good “HAMILTON” read in addition to Ron Chernow’s popular biography.

My dear hamilton by stephanie dray