View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jennifer Reep Hall (@thejennhall) Welcome to my little reading corner! I recently had the opportunity to read The Scandalous Hamiltons by Bill Shaffer and I can't wait to share my thoughts with you. Title The Scandalous Hamiltons Author Bill Shaffer Genre Non Fiction Synopsis A historical true crime story almost too tawdry to be true - a con woman met the descendant of a Founding Father in a brothel, duped him into marriage using an infant purchased from a baby farm, then went to prison for stabbing the couple’s baby nurse - all while in a common- law marriage with another man. The scandal surrounding Evangeline and Robert Ray Hamilton was one of the sensations of the Gilded Age, a sordid, gripping tale involving bigamy, bribery, sex, and violence. Through personal correspondence, court records, and sensational newspaper accounts, The Scandalous Hamiltons ex...