America’s First Daughter: A Novel

In a compelling, richly researched novel that pulls from hundreds of letters and authentic sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie inform the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph–a lady who stored the secrets and techniques of our most enigmatic founding father and formed an American legacy.

From her earliest days, Patsy Jefferson is aware of that although her father loves his household dearly, his devotion to his nation runs deeper nonetheless. As Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter, she turns into his helpmate, protector, and fixed companion within the wake of her mom's dying, touring with him when he turns into American minister to France.

It’s in Paris, on the glittering court docket and among the many first tumultuous days of revolution, that fifteen-year-old Patsy learns about her father's troubling liaison with Sally Hemings, a slave woman her personal age. In the meantime, Patsy has fallen in love–with her father's protégé William Brief, a staunch abolitionist and bold diplomat. Torn between love, ideas, and the bonds of household, Patsy questions whether or not she will select a life as William's spouse and nonetheless be a faithful daughter.

Her selection will observe her within the years to return, to Virginia farmland, Monticello, and even the White Home. And as scandal, tragedy, and poverty threaten her household, Patsy should resolve how a lot she’s going to sacrifice to guard her father's popularity, within the course of defining not simply his political legacy, however that of the nation he based.