Thomas Jefferson

<p>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.</p>