Jefferson and His Time is a six-volume biography of US President Thomas Jefferson by American historian Dumas Malone, published between 1948 and 1981. His work on the series gave Malone a reputation as "the world's leading Jefferson scholar". For the fifth volume, he was awarded the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for History.

 

• Malone, Dumas (1948). Jefferson the Virginian. Vol. I. Charlottesville, Virginia: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0316544740. OCLC 1823927.
• Malone, Dumas (1951). Jefferson and the Rights of Man. Vol. II. Charlottesville, Virginia: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0316544733.
• Malone, Dumas (1962). Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty. Vol. III. Charlottesville, Virginia: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0316544757.
• Malone, Dumas (1970). Jefferson the President: First Term, 1801–1805. Vol. IV. Charlottesville, Virginia: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0316544672.
• Malone, Dumas (1974).  Jefferson the President: Second Term, 1805–1809. Vol. V. Charlottesville, Virginia: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0316544658.
• Malone, Dumas (1981). The Sage of Monticello. Vol. VI. Charlottesville, Virginia: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0813923666.

 

           Product Details

• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company.
• Language: English
• Format: Hardcover
• Print length:3300 pages,
• Condition: Used Very Good
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.75 pounds

This is a multi-volume set titled Jefferson and His Time. The set is of different editions, in very good condition. The binding is sound, pages are clean and not marred by any mark or highlighting. The dust jackets are very good, some may have minors chippings, but not major tears. 

Genres: Biography, History, Nonfiction, Presidents, Biography Memoir, American History

 

About the Author: Dumas Malone

Dumas Malone (1892–1986) was a distinguished American historian, biographer, and editor best known for his monumental six-volume biography *Jefferson and His Time*, a definitive exploration of the life, mind, and legacy of Thomas Jefferson. Spanning over three decades of meticulous research and elegant prose, Malone’s magnum opus earned him the Pulitzer Prize for History and established him as one of the foremost Jefferson scholars of the twentieth century.

A native of Mississippi, Malone studied at Emory University and later earned his Ph.D. from Yale. He served as editor of *The Dictionary of American Biography* and held professorships at Columbia and the University of Virginia. His writing combined scholarly rigor with literary grace, offering readers both historical depth and narrative clarity.

Throughout his career, Malone sought to portray Jefferson not merely as a statesman and thinker but as a human being shaped by the contradictions of his era. His enduring work remains a cornerstone of American historiography, illuminating the ideals, struggles, and complexities of one of the nation’s Founding Fathers.