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Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
This book is stellar if you can skim over meticulous detail.
As a history buff, I had been interested in Alexander Hamilton and the American Revolution long before the musical (of which I love) made its debut. This novel amazingly captured the life of the first Secretary of the Treasury. Alexander Hamilton was so in-depth because of the hundreds of thousands of pages of literature that Ron Chernow had examined about the trials and triumphs of Hamilton, which are all listed in the back of the thick novel.
Alexander Hamilton, in some of its parts, will leave the readers heartbroken over the harrowing accounts of the losses that shook Alexander's life, the pain he inflicted upon his family during his affair, and his ultimate death. The subject, Alexander, is such an interesting figure in history that when written about on paper he seems like a legendary character that was the subject of a fictitious novel or a Greek legend. However, it is a true account of a revolutionary and the men and women that built the country he thrived in.
That being said, the thoroughness that Chernow went to when crafting this bibliography may be off-putting to some. Although I love history, as was mentioned before, some of the meticulous detail I had to skim over to keep from being bored to death.
But, all in all, it was a wonderful read! I would definitely recommend this to all Americans, as it is the story of a revolutionary, and all those that adore history. (Initially, I had tackled this book to read for a school project that consisted of reading a non-fictitious work within two weeks and writing a paper on it.)
As a history buff, I had been interested in Alexander Hamilton and the American Revolution long before the musical (of which I love) made its debut. This novel amazingly captured the life of the first Secretary of the Treasury. Alexander Hamilton was so in-depth because of the hundreds of thousands of pages of literature that Ron Chernow had examined about the trials and triumphs of Hamilton, which are all listed in the back of the thick novel.
Alexander Hamilton, in some of its parts, will leave the readers heartbroken over the harrowing accounts of the losses that shook Alexander's life, the pain he inflicted upon his family during his affair, and his ultimate death. The subject, Alexander, is such an interesting figure in history that when written about on paper he seems like a legendary character that was the subject of a fictitious novel or a Greek legend. However, it is a true account of a revolutionary and the men and women that built the country he thrived in.
That being said, the thoroughness that Chernow went to when crafting this bibliography may be off-putting to some. Although I love history, as was mentioned before, some of the meticulous detail I had to skim over to keep from being bored to death.
But, all in all, it was a wonderful read! I would definitely recommend this to all Americans, as it is the story of a revolutionary, and all those that adore history. (Initially, I had tackled this book to read for a school project that consisted of reading a non-fictitious work within two weeks and writing a paper on it.)