The long affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800

Prelude: Four Americans in Paris, Circa 1785 : Benjamin Franklin, John and Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson

A lonely American : Thomas Jefferson, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Louis XVI, 1785-87

A somewhat clouded crystal ball : Jefferson as witness of the last years of the Ancien Régime, 1786-89

Bringing the true God home : the French Revolution in American politics after Jefferson's return, 1789-91

Approach and advent of the French Republic, one and indivisible, 1791-92

French Revolution in America : the mission of citizen Charles-Edmond Genet, April 1793-January 1794

The lingering end of the long affair : Jefferson and the French Revolution after Genet's mission, 1794-1800

A thematic overview : liberty, slavery, and the cult of the French Revolution

Epilogue: Thomas Jefferson and the impending schism in the American civil religion

Appendix: Madison Hemming's story.