A review by mdillon426
Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton by Tilar J. Mazzeo

informative medium-paced

3.0

The scholarship in this book is really great. I have two major complaints. First, while the beginning and end of the book are solely focused on Eliza, the majority of the middle is actually focused on Alexander Hamilton’s actions; both as told in, and in a contradictory way to, the musical Hamilton. Second, the author’s thesis in this book does not analyze Eliza’s life as a woman at the turn of the century and revolutionary war, but yet again turns its focus to Alexander Hamilton’s actions. 

It’s incredibly well written, but I was expecting and hoping for a biography more centralized on the titular figure.