Understanding Thomas JeffersonHarper Collins, 13.10.2009 - 304 Seiten Recent biographies of Thomas Jefferson have stressed the sphinxlike puzzles of his character—famous champion of freedom yet lifelong slaveholder, foe of miscegenation yet secret lover of a beautiful slave for 30 years, aristocrat yet fervent advocate of government by the people. E. M. Halliday's absorbing and lucid portrait recognizes these and other puzzles about this great founder, but shows us how understandable they can be in light of his personal and social circumstances. Halliday takes readers deep into Jefferson's private life—exploring his childhood, his literary taste, and his unconventional religious thinking and moral philosophy. Here, too, are his adamant opinions on women, the evolution of his ideas on democracy and freedom of expression, and fresh insights into his relationship with Sally Hemings. |
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... took him there . Now , back in his native land , he dances a quadrille “ flawlessly ” ( according to an observer ) with the young queen in the Gallery of Mirrors , which scintillates with the reflected light of five thousand candles ...
... took place when she was four- teen and he sixteen. Quite to the surprise of both families and probably of the adolescent couple themselves, they promptly fell in love, and stayed much that way until her death, thirty-three years later ...
... fidelity to the An example of the “voluptuary dress” Jefferson took note of at fashionable venues like the theater. marriage bed as an ungentlemanly practice and inconsistent with happiness: 6 understanding thomas jefferson.
... took fondly to Thomas Jefferson, and did her best to make his bachelor existence less lonely and homesick—and indeed, his visits with her family in their Paris suburb of Auteuil must have resounded with rich conversation, which he ...
... took this job very seriously, insisting that he must journey to the United States to study the general's physiog- nomy, take precise measurements, and so on. His bust of Franklin, done a few years earlier, looks so real today that a ...
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Unchequered Happiness | 29 |
4 | 56 |
5 | 62 |
Sunny Interlude | 70 |
End of an Affair | 81 |
8 | 97 |
On the Bridge of the Ship of State | 124 |
The Heart of the Matter | 180 |
14 | 211 |
15 | 220 |
16 | 240 |
11 | 251 |
Slave Masterand Racist | 260 |
Acknowledgments | 269 |
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