Fawn M. Brodie was professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles, and author of several noted biographies, including Thomas Jefferson and The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton
An extraordinary human drama told with great insight, compassion,
and literary skill. What history should be but seldom is.--Page
Smith
Brilliant, provocative. . . . A biography no one interested in the
man or his times should miss.--Larry McMurtry
Powerful and touching. . . . The story of an intimate life hidden
from and at odds with the public life. . . . Brodie has humanized
Jefferson without in the least diminishing him.--Wallace
Stegner
Thoroughly fascinating, opening vistas into Jefferson's life and
thought that were fresh and exciting. A superbly written book,
sparkling with new information and interpretation.--Ray A.
Billington
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