America's first daughter : a novel /
Dray, Stephanie,
America's first daughter : a novel / Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie. - First edition. - 590, 16 pages ; 21 cm
"P.S. Insights, interviews & more ..."--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
As Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter, Patsy becomes his helpmate, protector, and constant companion in the wake of her mother's death. She travels with him when he becomes American minister to France. It is in Paris that Patsy learns about her father's 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. Her choices will follow her in the years to come, and as scandal, tragedy, and poverty threaten her family Patsy must decide how much she will sacrifice to protect her father's reputation.
9780062347268 0062347268
2015026266
Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836 --Fiction.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 --Fiction.
Children of presidents--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
America's first daughter : a novel / Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie. - First edition. - 590, 16 pages ; 21 cm
"P.S. Insights, interviews & more ..."--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
As Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter, Patsy becomes his helpmate, protector, and constant companion in the wake of her mother's death. She travels with him when he becomes American minister to France. It is in Paris that Patsy learns about her father's 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. Her choices will follow her in the years to come, and as scandal, tragedy, and poverty threaten her family Patsy must decide how much she will sacrifice to protect her father's reputation.
9780062347268 0062347268
2015026266
Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836 --Fiction.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 --Fiction.
Children of presidents--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.