Alexander Hamilton - Ron Chernow

Category: Autobiography & Biographies, History
Language: EnglishKeywords: Biography History America

Written by Ron Chernow
Read by Scott Brick
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Listening Length: 36 hours and 59 minutes

Ron Chernow, whom the New York Times called “as elegant an architect of monumental histories as we’ve seen in decades”, now brings to startling life the man who was arguably the most important figure in American history, who never attained the presidency, but who had a far more lasting impact than many who did.

With masterful storytelling skills, Chernow presents the whole sweep of Hamilton’s turbulent life: his exotic, brutal upbringing; his brilliant military, legal, and financial exploits; his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Madison, Adams, and Monroe; his illicit romances; and his famous death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July 1804.

Alexander Hamilton was one of the seminal figures in our history. His richly dramatic saga, rendered in Chernow’s vivid prose, is nothing less than a riveting account of America’s founding, from the Revolutionary War to the rise of the first federal government.