Amanda Vaill, here holding a copy of her book “Hotel Florida,” recently released “Pride and Pleasure” on the Schuyler sisters, Angelica and Elizabeth (Eliza). Portrait of Angelica Schuyler Church with ...

The beautiful, wealthy Schuyler sisters were players in both America’s Revolutionary turmoil and Alexander Hamilton’s romantic life. By the time Hamilton met them, Angelica was already married to an ...

In “Pride and Pleasure,” the biographer Amanda Vaill tells the story of these complex women with warmth, humor and insight. By Jennifer Wright Jennifer Wright is the author of “Glitz, Glam, and a Damn ...

Before Lin-Manuel Miranda gave them voice (and a couple of terrific songs) in “Hamilton,” Eliza and Angelica Schuyler were known primarily to scholars of the American Revolution as Alexander ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution" by Amanda Vaill. (Macmillan Publishers) Amanda Vaill's ...