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Here are our best five books on Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton was born in modest circumstances in the British West Indies in 1755. His father deserted his mother when he was young and his mother died when he was 11.

In his mid-teens he travelled to the United States. During the Revolutionary War he served in the revolutionary army and was George Washington’s aide-de-camp. Subsequently Hamilton was extremely influential in the debates about the constitutional shape of the new republic, advocating a strong federal component with extensive tax-raising powers.

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Washington appointed him as the first US Treasury Secretary. He was killed in a duel in 1804 by the then Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr.

The hugely successful musical, Hamilton, is based on the story of his life.

The best Alexander Hamilton books are as follows: