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Not the most important story but certainly a fun/sad commentary on how this stuff has always happened.
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In the time of all things Hamilton, it was interesting to read about other lesser-known Hamiltons!
Eva and Ray were recently married and have one child… or do they?
When Eva ends up on trial for a stabbing, the depths of deception that unravel are unreal.
The book provides the reader with the big picture while capturing attention with the deception that is Eva.
If you want to a real-life view to add to your Hamilton knowledge, pick this one up!
Thank you to @kensingtonbooks and @btc_books for a copy of this book. The review expresses my own personal opinions.
Eva and Ray were recently married and have one child… or do they?
When Eva ends up on trial for a stabbing, the depths of deception that unravel are unreal.
The book provides the reader with the big picture while capturing attention with the deception that is Eva.
If you want to a real-life view to add to your Hamilton knowledge, pick this one up!
Thank you to @kensingtonbooks and @btc_books for a copy of this book. The review expresses my own personal opinions.
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The Scandalous Hamiltons by Bill Schaffer. The great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton, Robert Ray Hamilton, was embroiled by scandal. His wife, Eva, was a con artist with many aliases. She bought babies from baby farms, was a bigamist, adulterer, and almost murdered a woman for which she was imprisoned.
This was an interesting read full of intrigue about a descendant of one of our nations founding fathers. It got a little boring in the last 50 pages or so, but still a good read.
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This was an interesting read full of intrigue about a descendant of one of our nations founding fathers. It got a little boring in the last 50 pages or so, but still a good read.
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A fascinating look at the gossip of the Gilded Age - the story of Ray Hamilton and Eva is fascinating and comical to follow. Following them from courtship to marriage to the tabloids as their marriage, divorce, and everything in between is splashed upon the pages - a truly remarkable look into the lives of the elite and poor in the Gilded age.
When Ray Hamilton’s wife is arrested for stabbing the family’s wet nurse, a great deal of scandalous truth comes out – namely, that the child is not his, nor hers.
I have not seen that seminal musical Hamilton, but I had read the doorstopper of a book it was based on. While I knew all about the successes and scandals of Alexander Hamilton’s life, I had not considered his descendants. This descendant in particular had rather fewer successes and rather more scandals.
The star of the show, though, is Eva – Hamilton? Mann? – his wife. A grifter of the highest order, she is simultaneously infuriating and sympathetic. After all, what can a woman be but out for herself? The parts of the book that involve her are the most compelling, though in general the first half of the book was very engaging.
However, I did think the story began to drift a little in the second half as the scandal becomes mostly played out, and the author apparently scoured the newspapers for tidbits of news to keep the story going. He has a fascinating story to tell, but I wonder if the book wouldn’t have been better served by not plunging straight into the action, and instead writing a bit more about the lead up to the scandal first.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley. This is my honest and voluntary review.
I have not seen that seminal musical Hamilton, but I had read the doorstopper of a book it was based on. While I knew all about the successes and scandals of Alexander Hamilton’s life, I had not considered his descendants. This descendant in particular had rather fewer successes and rather more scandals.
The star of the show, though, is Eva – Hamilton? Mann? – his wife. A grifter of the highest order, she is simultaneously infuriating and sympathetic. After all, what can a woman be but out for herself? The parts of the book that involve her are the most compelling, though in general the first half of the book was very engaging.
However, I did think the story began to drift a little in the second half as the scandal becomes mostly played out, and the author apparently scoured the newspapers for tidbits of news to keep the story going. He has a fascinating story to tell, but I wonder if the book wouldn’t have been better served by not plunging straight into the action, and instead writing a bit more about the lead up to the scandal first.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley. This is my honest and voluntary review.