Bank Street University Best Book of the entire year (Historical Fiction, 2019)

Drawing from historical journals and words, New York Times bestselling article writer Laura Elliot weaves a richly detailed tale on the subject of the extraordinary Peggy Schuyler and her revolutionary friendship with Alexander Hamilton. Perfect for fans from the smash Broadway musical sensation Hamilton.

Peggy Schuyler has often felt like she’s existed in the shadows of her beloved sisters: the fiery, intelligent Angelica and gorgeous, sweet about Hamilton and Peggy!: A Revolutionary Friendship Eliza. But it’s in the throes of a chaotic war that Peggy discovers herself a central shape amid Loyalists and Patriots, spies and traitors, friends and family.

Whenever a flirtatious aide-de-camp, Alexander Hamilton, creates to Peggy asking for her help in wooing the earnest Eliza, Peggy finds herself unable to deny such an impassioned plea. An easy friendship forms between the two, but Alexander is certainly caught in the same war as her father, and the danger to all their lives is certainly real.

Everything is a battlefield-from the frontlines with their carefully coded letters-but can Peggy’s bravery’s and cleverness be enough to keep all of them safe?

*2018 Grateful American Book Prize Honorable Mention*