“Readable and worthy.”
—Washington Post
“The life of Alexander Hamilton, vividly re-created…A fine biography.”
—Boston Globe
“A fresh look at the many-faceted career of one of the founding fathers.”
—BookPage
“Hamilton’s turbulent life, the dramatic birth of a nation, all against the richly evoked, gritty background of the eighteenth century—Randall’s book is propelled with the page-turning intensity of an epic novel.”
—Ronald Blumer, Peabody Award-winning writer
“A sturdy and readable life, in company with Randall’s other portraits of the Revolutionary generation.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“If you are interested in the founding father who made the United States functional, you cannot do better than this lively, entertaining, and informative book. Will Randall, a master biographer and renowned historian, uses his considerable skills to bring Alexander Hamilton and his turbulent times to life.”
—Rod Paschall, editor, MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History
“Randall excels in describing the conflicts Hamilton created and weathered as a soldier, politician, and lawyer; his capacity for making enemies; and the peaks and valleys of his tumultuous personal and professional life.”
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Engaging.…Vivid.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Assiduously researched and appealingly written, Randall’s Alexander Hamilton: A Life is an informative and insightful portrait of a highly complex personality.”
—Houston Chronicle
“An arresting story told with wit, intelligence, and empathy. Randall has succeeded in getting under the skin of citizen Hamilton, who read the contours of America’s future better than any other figure of his extraordinary generation.”
—Gale E. Christianson, biographer
“This richly detailed, deeply sympathetic biography gives us a Hamilton we’re compelled to know—hungry, human, brilliant, and magnificent.”
—Virginia Scharff, author of Twenty Thousand Roads
“A book full of surprises and satisfying, juicy anecdotes.”
—Holly woodreporter.com
“Willard Randall has taken on one of the really difficult figures in American history and captured him with enviable narrative skill. This is biographical excellence—solid, first-rate work.”
—William H. Hallahan, author of The Day the American Revolution Began