"A balanced, readable portrait. A refreshing perspective.” —New York Times Book Review With intelligence, insight, eloquence, and wit, bestselling author Christopher Hitchens gives us an artful portrait of a complex, formative figure in American history and his turbulent era.In this unique biography of Thomas Jefferson, leading journalist and social critic Christopher Hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative interpretation of our Founding Father—a man conflicted by power who wrote the Declaration of Independence and acted as ambassador to France yet yearned for a quieter career in the Virginia legislature. A masterly writer, Jefferson was an awkward public speaker. A professed proponent of emancipation, he elided the issue of slavery from the Declaration of Independence and continued to own human property. A reluctant candidate, he left an indelible presidential legacy.
Christopher Hitchens
Thomas Jefferson [EPUB ebook]
Author of America
Thomas Jefferson [EPUB ebook]
Author of America
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● ISBN 9780061753978 ● 出版者 HarperCollins ● 发布时间 2009 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 5637137 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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