Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson, with good reason: His life was a great American drama-one of the greatest-played out in compelling acts. He was the architect of our democracy, a visionary chief executive who expanded this nation's physical boundaries to unimagined lengths. But Twilight at Monticello is something entirely new: an unprecedented and engrossing personal look at the intimate Jefferson in his final years that will change the...

Tells the story of Isaac Jefferson from his days as a slave of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and a slave owner. Examines the contradictions and duplicity of the American ante-bellum period.