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Benjamin Franklin and the birth of America

Name: Benjamin Franklin and the birth of America
Author: Stacy Schiff

Stacy Schiff

15 October 2006

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Book Synopsis

Six months after America declared her independence, Congress dispatched Benjamin Franklin to France to solicit aid and arms for the upcoming fight. He was seventy years old, possessed of the most rudimentary French and had no diplomatic training. But this most remarkable of envoys was also among the most famous men in the world. During his eight years in Paris he charmed the French, outwitted the British spies and stirred a passion for a republic in those who lived under an absolute monarchy. Stacy Schiff tells a tale of international intrigue and from it emerges an intimate portrait of a brilliant man, as well as a sense of the fragility and improvisation of his country's bid for independence.

About The Author

Stacy Schiff is the author ofVéra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov)which won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 2000 and Saint-Exupéry, which was a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize. She lives in New York City.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780747579632
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury, (15 October 2006)
Number of Pages: 477
Weight: 367 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 32 mm
Categories:: History