{"product_id":"monticellos-dark-secret-betty-lynne-hull-9781475936889","title":"Monticello's Dark Secret","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe moment Martha Jefferson discovers that a few drops of Negro blood course through her aristocratic veins, she knows she will do anything to keep this terrible secret from her politically ambitious husband, Thomas.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen fire strikes Monticello, the resulting repairs to Thomas Jefferson's historic home reveal a human skeleton, and the questions begin. . . the \"when\" is easily discovered, but the \"who\" and the \"why\" weave a tantalizing mystery that is Monticello's dark secret.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this well-researched novel, which successfully melds historical fact with an intriguing 'what if', we are led back in time to the gripping tale of two women, Martha Jefferson and Betty Hemings, mother of infamous Sally Hemings, both forgotten threads in the rich tapestry of America's history. Nothing about them save their names has survived the centuries-- not a likeness nor a personal letter. We know both belonged to the same man, Thomas Jefferson, one through the vows of marriage and the other through the laws of slavery, and that both lived, dreamed and died in Virginia at a time in our new Nation when fact was more exciting than fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow, we can finally know and understand them as they might have been. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Betty Lynne Hull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1475936885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781475936889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Betty Lynne Hull","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48458607689983,"sku":"9781475936889","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff52ef98-3fa3-4d15-85d6-48d423123e92.jpg?v=1777405484","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monticellos-dark-secret-betty-lynne-hull-9781475936889","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}