In this retelling of the fatal duel between Hamilton and Burr, historian Fleming takes the reader into the post-revolutionary world of 1804, a chaotic and fragile time in the young country as well as a time of tremendous global instability. The success of the French Revolution and the proclamation of Napoleon as First Consul for Life had enormous impact on men like Hamilton and Burr, feeding their own political fantasies at a time of perceived Federal...

A British agent disguised as a priest is sent to New Jersey to destroy an IRA plot. The IRA are using the town as part of an operation to smuggle missiles from Cuba for use in Northern Ireland.