Jefferson's Secrets: Death and Desire at Monticello
by Andrew Burstein
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Author: Andrew BursteinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-21
ISBN: 1569245274
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Basic Books
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Book Review: Revelations onThe Enigmatic Character of Jefferson Approached Through Analysis of His Latter Years
Summary: 5 Stars
Andrew Burstein's often uniquely gleaning analysis of Jefferson's views and actions on such issues as his inexorable protection of his historical personal,political and public legacies,his interminable,vexing personal ambivalent resolve towards slavery, his "Enlightened" rationalization of just about everything from sexual behaviour to dying ,and more, is most inciteful,perspicacious,and endearingly real as told through this historian's trenchant research into the letters and papers of Jefferson and his contemporaries.
Burstein's genius in this book is to ask the commonly asked questions of the character of this most complex and gifted Founding Father in ways that heretofore have been unexplored. This book is a must addition in any library for any student of Jefferson and the nascient political years of this great republican experiment into nation-building.
RHF
Summary of Jefferson's Secrets: Death and Desire at Monticello
When Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, he left behind a series of mysteries that have captured the imaginations of historical investigators for generations. In Jefferson's Secrets, Andrew Burstein draws on sources previous biographers have glossed over or missed entirely. Beginning with Jefferson's last days, Burstein shows how Jefferson confronted his own mortality. Burstein also tackles the crucial questions history has yet to answer: Did Jefferson love Sally Hemings? What were his attitudes towards women? Did he believe in God? How did he wish to be remembered? The result is a profound and nuanced portrait of the most complex of the Founding Fathers.
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