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A portrayal of Jefferson's public and private life and the era in which he lived reveals his struggle to reconcile two personalities--controlled philosopher and suffering romantic--and explores the contradictions between his life and his ideals.
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Combining firsthand scholarship and material drawn from the Jefferson Papers, Willard Sterne Randall calls on his skills as an investigative journalist to challenge long-held assumptions about the reasoning, motives, and works of this sage, philosopher, politician, and romantic. Exploring both Jefferson’s interior and public struggles, Randall sheds important light on Jefferson’s thoughts on slavery and his relationship with the slave Sally Hemmings, as well as Revolutionary and diplomatic intrigues.
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