Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham brings vividly to life an extraordinary man and his remarkable times, giving us Thomas Jefferson the man, the politician, and the president. Drawing on archives in the United States, England, and France, as well as unpublished transcripts of Jefferson presidential papers, Meacham shows us the personal Jefferson, a man of appetite, sensuality, and passion. He also presents Jefferson as the most successful political leader of the early republic, and perhaps in all American history, a leader who found the means to endure and to win. Paperback.