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In a very compelling, richly researched novel that pulls from a large number of letters and original resources, best-selling creators Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie inform the interesting, untold report of Thomas Jefferson's eldest girl, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph - a female who stored the secrets in our most enigmatic founding father and formed an American legacy. From her earliest days, Patsy Jefferson is aware that though her father enjoys his family dearly, his devotion to his country operates deeper still. As Thomas Jefferson's oldest girl, she becomes his helpmate, protector, and constant companion in the wake of her mother's fatality, traveling with him when he becomes American minister to France. It is in Paris, at the glittering courtroom and one of the primary tumultuous days of trend, that 15-year-old Patsy learns about her father's troubling liaison with Sally Hemings, a slave woman her own time. In the mean time Patsy has dropped 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 make a life as William's better half and still be a devoted daughter. Her choice will follow her in the a long time to Virginia farmland, Monticello, and even the White House. So that scandal, tragedy, and poverty threaten her family, Patsy must decide how much she will sacrifice to safeguard her father's reputation, in the process defining not simply his politics legacy but that of the nation he founded.
