War of two : Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the duel that stunned the nation / John Sedgwick.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Berkley Books, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: xxiii, 455 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781592408528 (hardcover)
- 1592408524 (hardcover)
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The murder-by-duel of Alexander Hamilton by Aaron Burr remains one of the most shocking and unparalleled events in American history. In War of Two, John Sedgwick offers a detailed and vivid portrayal of the lives of these two major figures of the pre and post-Revolutionary era, of the dramatic events they lived through and of the political and personal conflicts that led to their clash.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-434) and index.
Part I. The roots of hatred -- In the hands of an angry God -- Contentment -- Platonic love is arrant nonsense -- The prodictious glare of almost perpetual lightning -- Refinement -- In the roseate bowers of Cupid -- Six slayloads of bucks and belles -- Holy ground -- A fever for war -- Liberty or death -- When in the course of human events -- The Malcolms -- A lady with a beautiful waist -- Beauty is woman's sceptre -- The Schuylers -- But a single word, Burr -- A little sorceress -- In ill humour with everything but thee -- Part II. The battle is joined -- Commentaries on the laws of England -- Children of a larger growth -- Come my charmer and relieve me -- You will become all that I wish -- Two men of politics -- A dreaded dilemma -- To a mind like his nothing comes amiss -- Another long nose -- And we had a bank -- Botanizing -- Embryo-Caesar -- Other than pecuniary consolation -- Sober among the drunks -- I have been so cruelly treated -- Louis Capet has lost his caput -- The best woman and finest lady I have ever known -- Root out the distempered and noisome weed -- Part III. To the death -- To fight the whole detestable faction -- The bubble of speculation is burst -- An absolute and abominable lie -- Strut is good for nothing -- The lady in the well -- The fangs of Jefferson -- The gigg is up -- A damn'd rascal -- Tant mieux -- A still more despicable opinion -- Part IV. And then there was one -- Have no anxiety about the issue of this business -- A good many incidents to amuse one -- Motives of profound political importance -- A terrible whirlpool, threatening everything -- A slight expression of contempt -- G.H. Edwards -- In the end.
Examines the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, whose infamous duel left the Founding Father dead and turned a sitting vice-president into a fugitive.