Read It Or List It: Interview with Stephanie Dray

Today on Read It Or List It we have an interview with historical fiction author Stephanie Dray! If you are a fan of Hamilton: An American Musical, particularly Lafayette, you’ll want to add this book to your summer reading!

Synopsis: “Most castles are protected by men. This one by women.

A founding mother...
1774. Gently-bred noblewoman Adrienne Lafayette becomes her husband, the Marquis de Lafayette’s political partner in the fight for American independence. But when their idealism sparks revolution in France and the guillotine threatens everything she holds dear, Adrienne must renounce the complicated man she loves, or risk her life for a legacy that will inspire generations to come.

A daring visionary...
1914. Glittering New York socialite Beatrice Chanler is a force of nature, daunted by nothing—not her humble beginnings, her crumbling marriage, or the outbreak of war. But after witnessing the devastation in France firsthand, Beatrice takes on the challenge of a lifetime: convincing America to fight for what's right.

A reluctant resistor...
1940. French school-teacher and aspiring artist Marthe Simone has an orphan's self-reliance and wants nothing to do with war. But as the realities of Nazi occupation transform her life in the isolated castle where she came of age, she makes a discovery that calls into question who she is, and more importantly, who she is willing to become.

Intricately woven and powerfully told, The Women of Chateau Lafayette is a sweeping novel about duty and hope, love and courage, and the strength we take from those who came before us.” —From the Publisher

The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray

My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

Cleopatra’s Daughter Trilogy: Lily of the Nile , Song of the Nile, Daughters of the Nile

Thank you Random House for making this interview possible!