The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr: A Riveting Untold Story of the American Revolution by Susan Holloway ScottMy rating: 3.75 of 5 stars
I would not call it "Riveting"
500 pages – longish book
Read somewhat quickly, from Dec.19 to 26.
Had time off work, so that helped.
roughly years: 1768-1829
It was a very detailed account of a slave, that came from India, sold by her uncle for a pittance to a French lady to serve as a pet when she was around 8 years old. Briefly at a plantation in the Caribbean Islands she luckily was sold to a British officer who gave her to his wife where they lived in New Jersey. Mistress was a "good" master and here is the bulk of the book, with the American Revolution years. Aaron Burr does come into the book, later than one would expect.
The author notes how factual she tried to remain to history, with lots of fiction with our main character, except she did exist at least to the extent of giving Burr two children.
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