"With careful research and keen insights, Patrick Heffernan illuminates an extraordinary set of letters, deftly documenting the interplay of romance, property and power in Virginia after the American Revolution." - Alan Taylor, author of American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804

From the Introduction to On Palace Green:

In my work I have the privilege of reading hundreds of historic letters preserved in libraries and other archives. There is an excitement in being handed a folder of unseen personal letters from the past . . . and a...