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The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs
4.0
I definitely enjoyed reading this!
It was pretty true to the real story, filling in gaps and fixing slight misconceptions (to fit into time and songs, not blaming Miranda at all!) left by the amazing Broadway. I also loved being able to see into Eliza's mind much more.
Cobbs does well at writing with atmosphere in mind, and I feel like she stays VERY true to the characters. Specific phrases were used from letters and primary sources as well as odes to the Broadway that I enjoyed highlighting on my Kindle. (She even mentioned Jefferson wearing slippers during a meeting, which he did!)
Overall, her writing was challenging. Especially at first. This novel is written with the more fluent, narrative feel of an historical fiction combined with the dense-ness of information like that of a biography, just without any wordy explanations that leave me Googling a bit more than I'd like. I got used to the challenge though, and I have to say I really enjoyed reading this way after about halfway through.
A fun book to read, as long as you're paying attention. I also had the Hamilton Broadway soundtrack playing in my head as I would get to each iconic part. Just make sure you're already studied up a bit on specific Founding Fathers and Revolutionary War battles.
Major kudos to the author for this line in her Author's Note on the date she used for his birthday (it's weirdly disputed): "Since the evidence is speculative, and Hamilton was so unreasonably mistrusted in his lifetime, I've decided to honor him by taking his word." This made my heart so happy!
It was pretty true to the real story, filling in gaps and fixing slight misconceptions (to fit into time and songs, not blaming Miranda at all!) left by the amazing Broadway. I also loved being able to see into Eliza's mind much more.
Cobbs does well at writing with atmosphere in mind, and I feel like she stays VERY true to the characters. Specific phrases were used from letters and primary sources as well as odes to the Broadway that I enjoyed highlighting on my Kindle. (She even mentioned Jefferson wearing slippers during a meeting, which he did!)
Overall, her writing was challenging. Especially at first. This novel is written with the more fluent, narrative feel of an historical fiction combined with the dense-ness of information like that of a biography, just without any wordy explanations that leave me Googling a bit more than I'd like. I got used to the challenge though, and I have to say I really enjoyed reading this way after about halfway through.
A fun book to read, as long as you're paying attention. I also had the Hamilton Broadway soundtrack playing in my head as I would get to each iconic part. Just make sure you're already studied up a bit on specific Founding Fathers and Revolutionary War battles.
Major kudos to the author for this line in her Author's Note on the date she used for his birthday (it's weirdly disputed): "Since the evidence is speculative, and Hamilton was so unreasonably mistrusted in his lifetime, I've decided to honor him by taking his word." This made my heart so happy!