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Genre/Form: | collective biographies Biographies Biography |
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Named Person: | Alexander Hamilton; Alexander Hamilton |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: | Ron Chernow |
ISBN: | 9781786690036 1786690039 |
OCLC Number: | 967192192 |
Notes: | Originally published by The Penguin Press in 2004. |
Description: | 818 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm |
Responsibility: | Ron Chernow. |
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'A brilliant recreation of the society and culture of the time: thoughtful and playful, moving and powerful' Michael Gove. 'A mammoth work of research that charted the course of Hamilton's dazzling career and the dark controversies that accompanied it' Guardian. 'A magnificent biography' The Spectator. 'This handsome new edition [is] an elegantly written, richly detailed account of Hamilton's tempestuous life' The Times. 'Chernow charts his way through Hamilton's hectic life, and the tumultuous times in which he lived, with aplomb' Military History Monthly. 'That biography is incredible. It out-Dickenses Charles Dickens' Lin-Manuel Miranda. Read more...