DUEL; ALEXANDER HAMILTON, AARON BURR, AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.

Fleming, Thomas J. [Aaron Burr, 1756-1836; Alexander Hamilton, 1757-1804.]

ISBN 10: 0465017363 / ISBN 13: 9780465017362

Published by New York: Basic Books, 1999., 1999

About this Item

First printing (per publisher's requisite number line upon copyright page). xiv, 446 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, slight bumping at head of flap folds. Brown spine with heel lightly bumped, brownish-orange boards. Pages are clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket. ISBN 0465017363.

Seller Inventory # PXZP-12644

Bibliographic Details

• Title: DUEL; ALEXANDER HAMILTON, AARON BURR, AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.
• Publisher: New York: Basic Books, 1999.
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465017363
• ISBN 13: 9780465017362
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • American History

About this title

Synopsis

A rich brew of political intrigue that dwarfs even the most salacious political scandal today. . 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 time of perceived Federal government weakness and corrosion. Their hunger for fame spawned antagonisms that wreaked havoc on themselves and their families and threatened to destabilize the fragile young American republic. From that poisonous brew came the tangle of regret and anger and ambition that drove the two to their murderous confrontation in Weehawken, New Jersey. Readers will find this is popular narrative history at its most authoritative, and authoritative history at its most readable.

Review

Praise for Duel: "Duel is thoroughly well written, at once fascinating and instructive. It's almost impossible not to love this book." "A stunning panorama...masterfully concise...Duel does a scintillating job of restoring salient edges that decades of historical buffing have rounded off." "Fleming brings his novelistic flair to this portrait of power and politics in early America. History buffs will relish Duel." "Fleming takes one of the most electrifying stories involving our nation's Founding Fathers and tells it electrically."