{"product_id":"pride-and-pleasure-the-schuyler-sisters-in-an-age-of-revolution-hardcover","title":"Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmanda Vaill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerica's Founding Era reconsidered through the lives of two women as formidable as, and in some respects stronger than, the men they loved, married, and mothered.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAngelica and Elizabeth Schuyler, born to wealth and privilege in New York's Hudson Valley during the latter half of the eighteenth century, were raised to make good marriages and supervise substantial households. Instead they became embroiled in the turmoil of America's insurrection against Great Britain--and rebelled themselves, in ways as different as each was from the other, against the destiny mapped out for them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGlamorous Angelica, who sought fulfillment through attachments to powerful men, eloped at twenty with a war profiteer and led a luxurious life, first in Paris, then in London, charming Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and the Prince of Wales. Eliza, one year her junior, too candid for flirtation and uninterested in influence or intrigue, married a penniless illegitimate outsider, Alexander Hamilton, and devoted herself to his career. But after his appointment as America's first Treasury Secretary, she was challenged by the controversies in which he became involved, not the least of which was the attraction that grew between him and her adored sister. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen tragedy followed, everything changed for both women: one deprived of her animating spirit, the other improbably gaining a new, self-determined life. \"You would not have suffered if you had married into a family less near the sun,\" wrote Angelica to Eliza, \"but then [you would have missed] the pride, the pleasure, the nameless satisfactions.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on deep archival research, including never-published records and letters, Amanda Vaill interweaves this family drama with its historical context, creating a narrative with the sweep and intimacy of a nineteenth-century novel. Full of battles and dinner parties, murky politics and transparent frocks, fierce loyalty and betrayals both public and personal, \u003ci\u003ePride and Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e brings two extraordinary American heroines to life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmanda Vaill \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eHotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e; the bestselling \u003ci\u003eEverybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy--A Lost Generation Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in biography; and \u003ci\u003eSomewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. In addition to writing the screenplay for the Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning public television documentary \u003ci\u003eJerome Robbins: Something to Dance About\u003c\/i\u003e, she has written features and criticism for many publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 720\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 9.2 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978324443437,"sku":"9780374254377","price":33.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/AuNBkZ4V5j9780374254377.webp?v=1775801630","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/pride-and-pleasure-the-schuyler-sisters-in-an-age-of-revolution-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}