The Hemingses of MonticelloThe Hemingses of Monticello is an epic work that tells the story of the Hemingses, a slave family whose close blood ties to American president Thomas Jefferson had been systematically edited out from American history until very recently. This book sets the family's compelling saga against the backdrop of Revolutionary America, Paris on the eve of its own revolution, 1970s Philadelphia, and plantation life at Monticello. Much anticipated, it promises