Thomas Jefferson and Maria Cosway: A Gordian Love Affair

by M Andrew Holowchak

This is the only book to offer the complete correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and Maria Cosway, a talented artist for whom Jefferson fell while in France. There is agreement in the secondary literature that Jefferson's affection for Hemings was reciprocated. This book shows that that cannot be believed. Holowchak also shows that Cosway, through letters late in life, much longs for Jefferson's company, suggestive of regret for not having earlier...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1648898157
• ISBN13: 9781648898150
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Vernon Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"