Have you watched Hamilton: The Musical, yet?
If you’ve already binged it three times, haven’t gotten to it, or anything in between, here are a few books that will tickle your historical fancy.
America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey
1776 by David McCullough
George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution by Brian Kilmeade and Dan Yaeger
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
We also have the book dedicated to the musical!
Hamilton: the revolution being the complete libretto of the Broadway musical, with a true account of its creation, and concise remarks on hip-hop, the power of stories, and the new America by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter