{"product_id":"the-girl-from-greenwich-street-a-novel-of-hamilton-burr-and-americas-first-murder-trial-2","title":"The Girl from Greenwich Street: A Novel of Hamilton, Burr, and America's First Murder Trial","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is historical fiction at its best.\" --\u003ci\u003eBook Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on the true story of a famous trial, this gripping historical mystery is \u003ci\u003eLaw and Order: 1800\u003c\/i\u003e, as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr investigate the shocking murder of a young woman who everyone--and no one--seemed to know.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the start of a new century, a shocking murder in 1800s New York transfixes Manhattan, forcing bitter rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr to work together to save a man from the gallows. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust before Christmas 1799, Elma Sands slips out of her Quaker cousin's boarding house--and doesn't come home. Has she eloped? Run away? No one knows--until her body appears in the Manhattan Well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer family insists they know who killed her. Handbills circulate around the city accusing a carpenter named Levi Weeks of seducing and murdering Elma. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut privately, quietly, Levi's wealthy brother calls in a special favor....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAaron Burr's legal practice can't finance 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander Hamilton has his own political aspirations; he isn't going to let Burr monopolize the public's attention. If Burr is defending Levi Weeks, then Hamilton will too. As the trial and the election draw near, Burr and Hamilton race against time to save a man's life--and destroy each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart murder mystery, part political thriller, part true crime, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl From Greenwich Street\u003c\/i\u003e revisits a dark corner of history--with a surprising twist ending that reveals the true story of the woman at the center of the tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A real triumph! In Lauren Willig's brilliant retelling of one of the most famous murder trials in American history, she brings to poignant life its most forgotten figure -- the high-spirited young woman whose killing was used by the trial's lawyers, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, for their own political ends. Willig gives us a masterful portrait of the many perils of being a woman in this country's earliest years.\" -- Lynne Olsen, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEmpress of the Nile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947296850151,"sku":"9780063433496","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_fd579cfa-c73f-4cf3-9a47-a80792862144.jpg?v=1775486241","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-girl-from-greenwich-street-a-novel-of-hamilton-burr-and-americas-first-murder-trial-2","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}