The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, July 1st, 2004
Thomas Jefferson * R. B. Bernstein * Oxford, England, and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003 * xviii, 253 pp. * $26.00
R. B. Bernstein has performed a valuable service by writing a brief but sparkling biography of Thomas Jefferson, examining Jefferson's private life and multi-faceted (to say the least) public career. Bernstein's research is solid, and his approach to the great man is even-handed, objective, and incisive.
Though working within tight limits, Bernstein skillfully illuminates the complexities, contradictions, and ironies of Jefferson and his times. "Despite his general comm...
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