"Maintains the mature scholarship established by the earlier volumes. Academic in the
best sense, it not only displays an intimate familiarity with the vast literature but contains an acute
evaluation of Jefferson's ideas and ideals."--Saturday Review

The third volume in Dumas Malone's distinguished study of Thomas Jefferson and his time deals with
one of the most fascinating and controversial periods of Jefferson's life. It includes the story of the final
and most crucial phase of his secretaryship of state; his retirement to Monticello; his assumption of
the leadership of the opposition party; and the crisis during the half-war with France when political
oppression was threatened and the freedom of individuals imperiled.