Hamilton and Peggy

Angelica..... Eliza..... and Peggy- The Schulyer sisters. This book is about And Peggy. The youngest of the three Schulyer sisters is finally in the forefront of this piece of historical fiction. She is smart, sassy and often finds herself in the shadow of her two older sisters. The brilliant and beautiful Angelica and the angelic and even tempered Eliza are role models to the younger Peggy. But she has a life of her own and she wants to be taken seriously by the men running the war, especially her father Philip Schulyer. Peggy battles agains the convention of being a young woman during Revolution times. She is often criticized for her interest in politics. Hamilton sees the spark in her and employs her to help him woo Eliza. But Peggy doesn't always like the way he behaves towards both of her sisters. She must navigate her way through some tricky and dangerous situations as the countryside around her is filled with dangers both from within and without. This was a well researched novel and we get to meet some of the big boys of the Revolution- especially George Washington who I now have a crush on. There is a lot of description of the hardships of the war and it brings the time period to life. Peggy may have been the most interesting of the sisters as well as the most overlooked. I enjoyed this book, but I am a Hamilton fan, so if you like this time period, books about feisty young women and don't mind the Hamilton soundtrack running through your head the entire time, you might like this one! Happy reading my friends!