Eliza hamilton biography book
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Eliza Hamilton
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Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton
I've spent the last year or so doing an in-depth survey of Alexander Hamilton's life, times, and legacy, and along the way, I've also learned quite a bit about Eliza and the Schuyler family (even visiting their homes in Albany & Saratoga). I don't expect every book I read to be a doctorate-level dissertation, but this... this was some really BAD history.
For one thing, the author couldn't seem to decide if she was writing a novel or a biography. With a novel, you can place your characters in imagined situations and give them pretty words to say. If you're writing non-fiction, it's best to stay away from flights of fancy unless you have historical evidence to back it up with. Mazzeo is woefully lacking in her evidence--I'll come back to this!--and gives as fact situations that did not exist. When the book's prelude opens with a description of Eliza's thoughts & feelings as she reads a letter from her fiance, I hoped that it was just a fanciful re-imagination that would give way to an actual historical account, but unfortunately, the entire book was written this way.
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ELIZA HAMILTON
The life of Mrs. Alexander Hamilton.
When Eliza Schuyler (1757-1854) first met Alexander Hamilton, writes Mazzeo (English/Colby Coll.; Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto, 2016, etc.), “it was not love at first sight.” But at a second meeting, “the spark between them was instantaneous.” So began the relationship that would give Eliza her most enduring identity as the wife of a dueling Founding Father. The center of this biography is the affair Alexander confessed to having with Maria Reynolds. There has always been debate about the affair: Did it really happen, or did Alexander, who was Secretary of the Treasury at the time, invent the adulterous liaison to distract from more damaging rumors that he was committing insider trading? Despite the scandal, Mazzeo’s Eliza appears stoic, loyal, and canny. Indeed, the author argues compellingly that what we know about Eliza’s character suggests that the affair was a ruse. According to Mazzeo, Eliza stood by her man not because she was weak but because she was committed to protecting her family from the more serious downfall that would occur were Alexander found guilty of fraud. The narrative tends toward mostly charming yet sometimes flat vignettes—e