Whereas “I, Eliza Hamilton” ended soon after Alexander’s death, this novel goes well beyond Alexander’s death and well into Eliza’s later years. This novel made me really feel like I learned about the beginning of our country from Eliza’s perspective. The author’s do admit they took some liberties and altered a few facts/events, but they explain all of these at the end of the book, and it seemed like the things they altered didn’t really alter the truth of the story.
I listened to this novel on audio through the Hoopla app. The narrator did an excellent job and if you enjoy historical fiction, I would highly recommend this title!
Title: My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler
Author: Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Format: Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Audio, eBook
Pages: 652
A general’s daughter…
Coming of age on the perilous frontier of revolutionary New York, Elizabeth Schuyler champions the fight for independence. And when she meets Alexander Hamilton, General George Washington’s penniless but passionate aide-de-camp, she’s captivated by the young officer’s charisma and brilliance. They fall in love, despite Hamilton’s bastard birth and the uncertainties of war.
A Founding Father’s wife...
But the union they create—in their marriage and the new nation—is far from perfect. 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.
The last surviving light of the Revolution…
When a duel destroys Eliza’s hard-won peace, the grieving widow fights her husband’s enemies to preserve Alexander’s legacy. But long-buried secrets threaten everything Eliza believes about her marriage and her own legacy. Questioning her tireless devotion to the man and country that have broken her heart, she’s left with one last battle—to understand the flawed man she married and the imperfect union he never could have created without her…