Epigraph
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Book One
George Washington
The Agonies of Honor
Partner in Love and Life
From Great Somebody to Lady Washington
The Other George Washington Scandals
Book Two
Benjamin Franklin
The Sins of the Father
The Oldest Revolutionary
Mon Cher Papa
Book Three
John Adams
An Amorous Puritan Finds a Wife
Portia’s Dubious Diplomat
Second Banana Blues
Party of Two
Remembering Some Other Ladies
Book Four
Alexander Hamilton
Bastard Son and Wary Lover
The Woman in the Middle
Love’s Secret Triumph
Book Five
Thomas Jeffferson
Romantic Voyager
The Traumas of Happiness
Head Versus Heart
The Wages of Fame
If Jefferson Is Wrong, Is America Wrong?
Book Six
James Madison
A Shy Genius Makes a Conquest
Partners in Fame
How to Save a Country
Appendix: The Erosion of Jefferson’s Image in the American Mind
Notes
Searchable Terms
About the Author
Other Books by Thomas Fleming
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher