Alexander Hamilton
1804 - New York
In the summer before the duel, the architect of American finance sets down what the republic he built will never credit him for.
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In the summer before the duel, the architect of American finance sets down what the republic he built will never credit him for.
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1799 - Mount Vernon
Retirement, republican virtue, and the afterlife of command.
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In his last year at Mount Vernon, the father of a nation admits what the republic asked of him — and what it took.
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1825 - Monticello
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At Monticello, an architect of liberty confronts the contradictions he built into the foundations of a nation.
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1793 - Conciergerie, Paris
Scapegoating, mythmaking, and a queen resisting reduction to symbol.
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Waiting for the blade in the Conciergerie, a queen dismantles the lie that she was ever in control.
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1796 - Tsarskoye Selo
Succession paranoia, political memory, and power defended through paperwork.
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With succession turning every drawer into a point of danger, an empress writes what her court was built to conceal.
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1814 - Malmaison
Displacement, memory, and a life being arranged for other people's comfort.
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At Malmaison, with Europe rearranging itself, an empress who was discarded sets down what Napoleon never acknowledged.
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1805 - London
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With his body failing faster than his office, Britain's youngest prime minister reflects on the weight of leading a nation at war.
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1799 - Mount Vernon
Retirement, republican virtue, and the afterlife of command.
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
In his last year at Mount Vernon, the father of a nation admits what the republic asked of him — and what it took.
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1825 - Monticello
state-power
A contrasting life shaped by state power.
At Monticello, an architect of liberty confronts the contradictions he built into the foundations of a nation.
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1793 - Conciergerie, Paris
Scapegoating, mythmaking, and a queen resisting reduction to symbol.
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
Waiting for the blade in the Conciergerie, a queen dismantles the lie that she was ever in control.
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1796 - Tsarskoye Selo
Succession paranoia, political memory, and power defended through paperwork.
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
With succession turning every drawer into a point of danger, an empress writes what her court was built to conceal.
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