America's First Daughter A Novel

Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie

eBook - 2016

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn a compelling, richly researched work of historical fiction that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph—a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy.From her earliest days, Patsy Jefferson knows that though her father loves his family dearly, his devotion to his country runs deeper still. As Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter in this compelling family saga, she becomes his helpmate, protector, and constant companion in the wake of her mother's death, traveling ...with him when he becomes American minister to France.It is in Paris, at the glittering court and among the first tumultuous days of the French Revolution, that fifteen-year-old Patsy learns about her father's troubling... more