Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America’s First Sensational Murder Mystery-Fast Shipping

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The remarkable true story of a turn-of-the-19th century murder and the trial that ensued—a showdown in which iconic political rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr joined forces to make sure justice was served
—from bestselling author of the Edgar finalist, Murder of the Century.

Inthe closing days of 1799, the United States was still a youngrepublic. Waging a fierce battle for its uncertain future were twopolitical parties: the well-moneyed Federalists, led by AlexanderHamilton, and the populist Republicans, led by Aaron Burr. The twofinest lawyers in New York, Burr and Hamilton were bitter rivals both inand out of the courtroom, and as the next election approached, theiranimosity reached a crescendo.

Buteverything changed when a young Quaker woman, Elma Sands, was found dead in Burr’s newly constructedManhattan Well. The horrific crime quickly gripped the nation, andbefore long accusations settled on one of Elma’s suitors: a handsome youngcarpenter named Levi Weeks. As the enraged city demanded a noose be drapedaround his neck, Week’sonly hope was to hire a legal dream team. And thus it was that NewYork’s most bitter political rivals and greatest attorneys did theunthinkable—they teamed up.

Our nation’s longest running cold case, Duel with the Devil delivers the first substantial break in the case in over 200 years. At once an absorbing legal thriller and an expertly crafted portrait of the United States in the time of the Founding Fathers, Duel with the Devil is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.