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Angelica: For Love and Country in a Time of Revolution

Molly Beer reconstructs the life of Angelica Schuyler Church to reveal the American Revolution through a woman’s relationships, correspondence, and political influence. Moving between colonial New York, revolutionary America, Paris, and London, Church cultivated connections with figures including Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and the Marquis de Lafayette. Her story opens a view of diplomacy conducted through households, friendships, and social networks rather than official office. Beer places these achievements alongside the privileges and contradictions of Church’s world, showing how private lives helped shape the uncertain beginnings of the United States.

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 2025-07-01
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9781324050216

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