The Duel is about the parallel lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. The book is set in different years.The first chapter is growing up and another chapter is the Revolutionary war. There are a lot of interesting facts behind their lives, and the musical Hamilton does not mention all of them like one of the facts is that Aaron Burr had a wife and a daughter named Theodosia. If you read this book you would know what I am talking about, if you didn’t, then read this book.

        I personally think that Alexander Hamilton is brave, resilient, and fast. He is brave because he fought in the Revolutionary war. He is resilient because he is living through rough times in life. One rough time in his life is that his mother died when he was 12 years old . Lastly he is fast because when he said he would get something done he would do it quickly.  He was fast because he would write like he was running out of time.

        The plot of the book is telling you about the abnormal lives of these two extraordinary men. One of the most interesting parts of the book is when they tell you that a hurricane happened in Alexander Hamilton’s town, and that he didn’t drown. That is interesting because it was a pretty severe hurricane and that he did not die was amazing because a lot of innocent people died from this tragedy. Alexander made his way to New York City after the hurricane to go to college.

        I enjoyed this book because I like to read books about history. It fascinates me because of these stories that people told non-stop and that means a lot. I would recommend this book if you like to read history or biographies because this book is pretty much a biography. This book reminds me of a musical called Hamilton because it is about Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. I would give this book five stars because it is so interesting and unique. It is unique because it is going back and forth with their stories kind of like wonder, so the author is making a comparison between the two characters.