Jefferson in Paris 3q2634
Overview:
His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary , though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless peasantry. In Paris, he becomes smitten with cultured artist Maria Cosway, but, when his daughter visits from Virginia accompanied by her attractive slave, Sally Hemings, Jefferson's attentions are diverted.