Duel
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, And The Future Of America
$73.08
- Paperback
476 pages
- Release Date
4 September 2000
Summary
All school children know the story of the fatal duel between Hamilton and Burr - but do they really? In this remarkable retelling, Thomas Fleming takes the reader into the post-revolutionary world of 1804, a chaotic and fragile time in the young country as well as a time of tremendous global instability. The success of the French Revolution and the proclamation of Napoleon as First Consul for Life had enormous impact on men like Hamilton and Burr, feeding their own political fantasies at a ti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780465017379 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0465017371 |
| Author: | Thomas Fleming |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 476 |
| Release Date: | 4 September 2000 |
| Weight: | 474g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 139mm x 35mm |
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“Thomas Fleming skillfully and vividly re-creates this tumultuous period of the post-1970s that put Hamilton and Burr on their fateful collision course.”– Dallas Morning News
”[A] stunning panorama…masterfully concise…. Duel does a scintillating job of restoring salient edges that decades of historical buffing have rounded.” –Kirkus Reviews“Fleming describes the fateful duel beautifully…. Duel is thoroughly well-written, at once fascinating and instructive. It’s almost impossible not to love this book.”–Chicago Tribune“Fleming takes one of the most electrifying stories involving our nation’s Founding Fathers and tells it electrically.”–St. Louis Post Dispatch“Thomas Fleming skillfully and vividly re-creates this tumultuous period of the post-1970s that put Hamilton and Burr on their fateful collision course.”–Dallas Morning News
About The Author
Thomas Fleming
Thomas Fleming is the author of more than forty books, including The New Dealers’ War, Duel, and Liberty! The American Revolution, as well as best-selling novels about America’s war experience such as Time and Tide and The Officers’ Wives. Fleming is a frequent guest on and contributor to NPR, PBS, A&E, and the History Channel. He lives in New York City and Westbrook, Connecticut.
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