Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler's Tumultuous Love Story

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 23, 2016

Historian Elizabeth Cobbs tells the true love story of founding father Alexander Hamilton and his remarkable wife, Elizabeth Schuyler, in her new novel, The Hamilton Affair, starting from their passionate beginnings, to Hamilton's fatal duel with Aaron Burr in 1804. 

Event: Elizabeth Cobbs will be speaking, signing and doing a Q&A at Book Court (163 Court Street, Brooklyn) on August 24th at 7 p.m. 

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