REad Boook The Girl from Greenwich Street: An Intriguing Historical Novel Based on the True Stor

Page 1


The Girl from Greenwich Street: An Intriguing Historical Novel Based on the True Story of Hamilton, Burr, and America's First Murder Trial

click the link below for the full book page:

https://slide.softebook.net/B0CZFPZHHF/The-Girl-from-Greenwich-Street-An-Intriguing-Historical-Novel-Based-on-the-True-Story-of

&#8220Ths is historical fiction at its best.&#8221-Book ReporterBased on the true story of a famous trial, this novel is Law and Order: 1800, as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr investigate the shocking murder of a young woman who everyone&#8212an no one&#8212semed to know.At the start of a new century, a shocking murder transfixes Manhattan, forcing bitter rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr to work together to save a man from the gallows.Just before Christmas 1799, Elma Sands slips out of her Quaker cousin&#8217sboarding house&#8212an doesn&#8217tcome home.Has she eloped?Run away? No one knows&#8212unil her body appears in the Manhattan Well.Her family insists they know who killed her.Handbills circulate around the city accusing a carpenter named Levi Weeks of seducing and murdering Elma.But privately, quietly, Levi&#8217swealthy brother calls in a special favor&#8230Aaron Burr&#8217slegal practice can&#8217tfinance both his expensive tastes and his ambition to win the 1800 New York elections.To defend Levi Weeks is a double win: a hefty fee plus a chance to grab headlines.Alexander Hamilton has his own political aspirations he isn&#8217tgoing to let Burr monopolize the public&#8217sattention. If Burr is defending

Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.