by Barbara Chase-Riboud · ALBIN MICHEL · ISBN 9782286004446
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«La fille du président» is the historical novel by Barbara Chase-Riboud published by Albin Michel in 1995, with 445 pages, in French.
The plot follows Harriet Hemings, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings: fair-skinned with reddish hair, at 21 she leaves Monticello to pass as an orphan in Philadelphia society. The novel examines the construction of identity, racial boundaries, and class differences in nineteenth-century America.
The French edition of «La fille du président» was released on 30 March 1995; the novel was originally published in English as President's Daughter.
Aimed at readers of historical fiction interested in American history, slavery, and presidential figures.
Barbara Chase-Riboud is an American and French visual artist, sculptor, novelist, and poet.
