The love story of Alexander Hamilton & Elizabeth Schuyler
- the story that inspired the bestselling musical Hamilton. 1777. Albany, New York. As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing for one of New York society's biggest events: the Schuylers' grand ball. Descended from two of the oldest & most distinguished bloodlines in New York, the Schuylers are proud to be one of their fledgling country's founding families, & even prouder still of their three daughters
- Angelica, with her razor-sharp wit; Peggy, with her dazzling looks, & Eliza, whose beauty & charm rival those of both her sisters, though she'd rather be aiding the colonists' cause than dressing up for some silly ball. Still, Eliza can barely contain her excitement when she hears of the arrival of one Alexander Hamilton, a mysterious, rakish young colonel & General George Washington's right-hand man. Though Alex has arrived as the bearer of bad news for the Schuylers, he can't believe his luck
- as an orphan, & a bastard one at that
- to be in such esteemed company. & when Alex & Eliza meet that fateful night, so begins an epic love story that would forever change the course of American history. In the pages of Alex & Eliza, 1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz brings to life the romance of the young Alexander Hamilton & Elizabeth Schuyler.