Summary
In the smoke-choked crucible of the American Revolution, two ambitious sparks—Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr—orbit the incandescent Margaret Reynolds, a Philadelphian wit whose salon is equal than a battlefield. Muskets crack, quills scratch, hearts throb: Hamilton wins the woman yet forfeits serenity, while Burr pockets resentment like a hidden stiletto. Years later, the men lock antlers again over a prickly post-war dilemma: should the fledgling republic compensate exiled Tories for seized estates? Ideology curdles into vendetta when Hamilton, now Treasury colossus, beds Maria Reynolds, beguiling spouse of Burr’s comrade-in-arms. The liaison detonates a scandal—Burr, smelling gunpowder, leaks damning letters; Hamilton’s credit collapses faster than continental scrip, Margaret’s loyalty frays, and a nation gawks as titans topple into notoriety.
Synopsis
During the Revolutionary War, Hamilton and Burr vie for Margaret. Years later, they clash over compensating Loyalists. Hamilton has an affair with Maria, Burr's friend's wife. They leak Hamilton's letters, destroying his career.
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