A young Thomas Jefferson from the Virginia wilderness is transformed by the fire of Enlightenment into his country's most articulate voice for human liberty. Torn between serene family life at Monticello and his passion for politics, Jefferson suffers heartrending personal loss, even as he gives voice to a new era of democratic government. He travels to Paris as U.S. minister to France as George Washington supports the rising French Revolution.
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