Reviews

"A no-nonsense, action-based history written with wit and perception."--Library Journal"A vigorous reexamination of a familiar figure by a scholar who writes with verve and conviction."--Presidential Studies Quarterly"This fast-moving, boldly stated account challenges much of current scholarship on Jefferson's presidency."--Journal of Southern History

"An elegant and revelatory analysis."--Gore Vidal, author of Burr and 1876"A brilliant and important book, one that can be studied with profit and read and remembered with delight."--George Dangerfield, author of The Awakening of American Nationalism, 1815-1828