William Morrow
March 2016
On Sale: March 1, 2016
Featuring: Thomas Jefferson; Martha “Patsy” Jefferson Randolph
600 pages ISBN: 0062347268 EAN: 9780062347268 Kindle: B00ZP4KE70 Trade Size / e-Book Add to Wish List
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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