Women Jefferson Loved e-bog

A focused, fresh spin on Jeffersonian biography. Kirkus ReviewsIn the tradition of Annette Gordon-Reeds The Hemingses of Monticello and David McCulloughs John Adams, historian Virginia Scharff offers a compelling, highly readable multi-generational biography revealing how the women Thomas Jefferson loved shaped the third presidents ideas and his vision for the nation. Scharff creates a nuanced portrait of the preeminent founding father, examining Jefferson through the eyes of the women who were closest to him, from his mother to his wife and daughters to Sally Hemings and the slave family he began with her.