《The Hamilton Affair: A Novel》

《汉密尔顿事件》

亚历山大·汉密尔顿

你知道10美元纸币上的头像是谁吗？

亚历山大·汉密尔顿（Alexander Hamilton，1757年1月11日 - 1804年7月12日）是美国的开国元勋之一，也是美国的首任财政部长。出生在加勒比海的小岛、在纽约国王学院接受教育，志愿参军，在独立战争中得到华盛顿赏识成为他的副手，在 Yorktown 战役中领兵对抗英军。建国后他主张建立强大的中央政府和中央军队。他左右了前三届总统的选举。他一手创立的金融机制使美国快速地在战后实现经济繁荣。

然而，200多年后 汉密尔顿称霸百老汇

音乐剧《汉密尔顿》横扫第70届托尼奖11项大奖

成为现象级百老汇音乐剧

△百老汇音乐剧《Hamilton》海报

它成为了百老汇历史上仅有的一部单周以八场演出攒下 300 万票房的音乐剧。

奥巴马也亲临观摩该剧2次，并称该剧“惊艳”。

汉密尔顿是历史上被忽视和误解的一位国父。他的“死对头”列表包括约翰·昆西·亚当斯、托马斯·杰弗逊、詹姆斯·麦迪逊、詹姆斯·门罗，这也造成他生前失意，死后很多年里的名气，也比不上同期其他国父们。

然而伴随音乐剧《汉密尔顿》的持续观演热潮，汉密尔顿恐怕要成为现今美国人民心目中有名而又酷的国父了。有机会的话，请一定要去百老汇看一场《汉密尔顿》。

如果你等不及的话，不妨看一下这本讲述了美国金融之父汉密尔顿精彩而又极富传奇色彩的一生的历史小说。

伊丽莎白·库克（Elizabeth Cobbs）

Elizabeth Cobbs, historian, novelist, and documentary filmmaker, is the author of four books on American history and a winner of the Allan Nevins Prize. Her novel Broken Promises: A Novel of the Civil War won the San Diego Book Award. She holds the Glasscock Chair at Texas A&M. Her first PBS film, American Umpire, debuts fall 2016.

A New York Times Bestseller and one of the best historical fiction books of 2016 and 2017!

A juicy answer to Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton...

——Cosmopolitan

Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of legendary characters, The Hamilton Affair tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, from passionate and tender beginnings of their romance to his fateful duel on the banks of the Hudson River.

Hamilton was a bastard and orphan, raised in the Caribbean and desperate for legitimacy, who became one of the American Revolution's most dashing--and improbable--heroes.

Admired by George Washington, scorned by Thomas Jefferson, Hamilton was a lightning rod: the most controversial leader of the new nation.

Elizabeth was the wealthy, beautiful, adventurous daughter of the respectable Schuyler clan--and a pioneering advocate for women.

Together, the unlikely couple braved the dangers of war, the perils of seduction, the anguish of infidelity, and the scourge of partisanship that menaced their family and the country itself.

With flawless writing, brilliantly drawn characters, and epic scope, The Hamilton Affair tells a story of love forged in revolution and tested by the bitter strife of young America, and will take its place among the greatest novels of American history ever written.

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Author: Elizabeth Cobbs

Paperback: 433 pages

Publisher: Arcade Publishing; Reprint edition (22 Jun. 2017)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1628728558

ISBN-13: 978-1628728552

Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 3 x 20.8 cm