This is the story of Betsy Bowen, born in a brothel in 1775.
Some secrets are safe from any biographer.
Chance may eliminate a vital witness or burn a letter that could have opened flood gates of understanding. Madame of the Heights is as true as two years of research and two years of the author's inner search could discover. In the beginning before Eliza was established on Chatham Street, Aaron Burr took her to the majestic Morris Mansion on Harlem Heights. No site in Manhattan commanded such a view. From the balcony the lovers could see the Harlem the East and the Hudson rivers, with all of Manhattan below.