About AMERICA'S FIRST DAUGHTER:
In a compelling, richly
researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources,
bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating,
untold story of Thomas Jefferson’s eldest daughter, Martha “Patsy” Jefferson
Randolph—a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and
shaped an American legacy.
From her earliest days, Patsy
Jefferson knows that though her father loves his family dearly, his devotion to
his country runs deeper still. As Thomas Jefferson’s oldest daughter, she
becomes his helpmate, protector, and constant companion in the wake of her
mother’s death, traveling with him when he becomes American minister to France.
It is in Paris, at the
glittering court and among the first tumultuous days of revolution, that
fifteen-year-old Patsy learns about her father’s troubling liaison with Sally
Hemings, a slave girl her own age. Meanwhile, Patsy has fallen in love—with her
father’s protégé William Short, a staunch abolitionist and ambitious diplomat.
Torn between love, principles, and the bonds of family, Patsy questions whether
she can choose a life as William’s wife and still be a devoted daughter.
Her choice will follow her in
the years to come, to Virginia farmland, Monticello, and even the White House.
And as scandal, tragedy, and poverty threaten her family, Patsy must decide how
much she will sacrifice to protect her father's reputation, in the process
defining not just his political legacy, but that of the nation he founded.
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