A review by judyward
Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery by Paul Collins

4.0

How do you not love a book about a case in 1800 Manhattan where Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr worked together as co-counsel for the defense of a young Quaker carpenter accused of murdering a young woman and throwing her body into a well? Especially in light of the events that occurred four years later when the Vice-President of the United States engaged in a duel with the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. This is a well-written account of a murder, an arrest, and a trial that was a sensation in New York City at the beginning of the 19th Century.