FREE: Paperback-Sally Hemmings

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Paperback, Historical fiction. Author Barbara Chase-Riboud.

Description from book:
One of the greatest love stories in American history is also one of the least known- and most controversial. Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence, had a mistress for thirty-eight years, whome he loved and luved with until he died- the beautiful and elusive quadroon slave, Sally Hemmings.

In this brilliant novel, spanning two continents, sixty years, and seven presidencies, Barbara Chase-Riboud re-creates a love story based on the documents and evidence of the day, but giving free reign to the novelist's imagination. Incredibly written and beautifully evoked, Barbara Chase-Riboud explores the complex blend of love and hate, tenderness and cruelty, freedom and bondage, that made the lifelong liaison between Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson one of the most poignant, tragic, and unforgettable chapters in the history of the races, and of the sexes, in America.