Martha Jefferson : an intimate life with Thomas Jefferson /

Martha Jefferson is the first and only biography of Thomas Jefferson's greatest love and true kindred spirit, who died an untimely death at the young ago of thirty-three in 1782. Drawing on a wealth of newly probed sources--including family letters, documents, and the handwritten notes left by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hyland, William G., Jr., 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, [2015]
Temas:
Jefferson, Martha, > 1748-1782.
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826.
Jefferson, Martha, > 1748-1782
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826
Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography.
Governors' spouses > Virginia > Biography.
Gouverneurs > Conjoints > Virginie > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Governors' spouses
Presidents' spouses
United States
Virginia
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue
  • Influences
  • The forest
  • John Wayles
  • The young widow
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • True love
  • Marriage
  • Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson
  • Slavery and domestic life
  • Patsy and Polly
  • Death
  • The governor's palace
  • War
  • Mistress of Monticello
  • A promise
  • Suicide
  • Paris
  • Epilogue: John Wayles and Betty Hemings.

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