Sally Hemings - Couverture rigide

Chase-Riboud, Barbara

 
9780670616053: Sally Hemings
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ISBN 10 : 0670616052 ISBN 13 : 9780670616053
Editeur : Viking, 1979

Synopsis

WINNER OF THE KAFKA PRIZE FOR BEST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN WOMAN
"One of the great American stories . . . . Gives new luster to the words 'historical novel' . . . Vastly enjoyable." -- The New York Times
"Exquisitely crafted . . . . A sensitive life study of a truly exceptional woman: complex, courageous, irresistibly attractive, . . . elegantly self-possessed." -- Cosmopolitan
One of the greatest love stories in Amercian history is also one of the least known -- and most controversial. Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence, had a mistress for thirty-eight years, whom he loved and lived with until he died -- the beautiful and elusive quadroon slave, Sally Hemings.
In this brilliant novel, spanning two continents, sixty years, and seven presidencies, Barbara Chase-Riboud re-creates a love story based on the documents and the evidence of the day, but gives free rein to the novelist's imagination. Incredibly written and beautifully evoked, Barbara Chase-Riboud explores the complex blend of love and hate, tenderness and cruelty, freedom and bondage, that made the lifelong liaison between Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson one of the most poignant, tragic, and unforgettable chapters in the history of the races, and of the sexes, in America.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

WINNER OF THE KAFKA PRIZE FOR BEST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN WOMAN
"One of the great American stories . . . . Gives new luster to the words 'historical novel' . . . Vastly enjoyable." -- The New York Times
"Exquisitely crafted . . . . A sensitive life study of a truly exceptional woman: complex, courageous, irresistibly attractive, . . . elegantly self-possessed." -- Cosmopolitan
One of the greatest love stories in Amercian history is also one of the least known -- and most controversial. Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence, had a mistress for thirty-eight years, whom he loved and lived with until he died -- the beautiful and elusive quadroon slave, Sally Hemings.
In this brilliant novel, spanning two continents, sixty years, and seven presidencies, Barbara Chase-Riboud re-creates a love story based on the documents and the evidence of the day, but gives free rein to the novelist's imagination. Incredibly written and beautifully evoked, Barbara Chase-Riboud explores the complex blend of love and hate, tenderness and cruelty, freedom and bondage, that made the lifelong liaison between Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson one of the most poignant, tragic, and unforgettable chapters in the history of the races, and of the sexes, in America.

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Éditeur
Viking
Date d'édition
1979
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0670616052
ISBN 13 
9780670616053
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
348
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9781556529450: Sally Hemings: A Novel

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1556529457 ISBN 13 :  9781556529450
Editeur : Chicago Review Press, 2009
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