MR. JEFFERSON’S WOMEN(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　“Fascinating. . . . Serious, meticulous, and
well-written.”
　　—The Boston Globe
　　
　　“A fine, critical and needed study of one aspect of Jefferson’s
complicated and extraordinary life.”
　　—The Times-Picayune
　　
　　“Kukla knows his period. . . . As the last few years have made
abundantly clear, Thomas Jefferson was rather less sterling than
his prose.”
　　—The New York Times Book Review
　　
　　“Will make people with open minds think again about what they
believe.”
　　—Richmond Times-Dispatch
　　
　　“Persuasive and entertaining.”
　　—American Heritage
　　　　

　　From the acclaimed author of A Wilderness So Immense
comes a pioneering study of Thomas Jefferson’s relationships with
women, both personal and political.
　　The author of the Declaration of Independence, who wrote the
words “all men are created equal,” was surprisingly uncomfortable
with woman. In eight chapters, Kukla examines the evidence for the
founding father’s youthful misogyny, beginning with his awkward
courtship of Rebecca Burwell, who declined Jefferson’s marriage
proposal, and his unwelcome advances toward the wife of a boyhood
friend. Subsequent chapters describe his decade-long marriage to
Martha Wayles Skelton, his flirtation with Maria Cosway, and the
still controversial relationship with Sally Hemings. A riveting
study of a complex man, Mr. Jefferson’s Women is sure to
spark debate.

　　Jon Kukla received his BA from Carthage
College and his MA and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. From
1973 through 1990 he directed historical research and publishing at
the Library of Virginia. From 1992 to 1998 he was curator and then
director of the Historic New Orleans Collection. From 2000 to 2007
he was director of Red Hill, The Patrick Henry National Memorial in
Charlotte County, Virginia. He now lives and writes in Richmond,
Virginia.