Publisher's Synopsis
"Chase-Riboud creates a character of compelling richness...rich and remarkable." GUARDIAN This novel, based on historical fact, recreates the relationship between Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and his beautiful slave, Sally Hemings, who bore him seven children. The complex nature of love and hate, freedom and bondage is revealed in a story set against a backdrop of miscegenation in nineteenth-century America. Spanning two continents, sixty years and seven presidencies, the lifelong union between Jefferson and Sally affects all those surrounding them, owner and slave alike.
