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A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
By Stacy Schiff
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In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career
"In December of 1776 a small boat delivered an old man to France." So begins an enthralling narrative account of how Benjamin Franklinseventy years old, without any diplomatic training, and possessed of the most rudimentary Frenchconvinced France, an absolute monarchy, to underwrite America's experiment in democracy.
When Frankl…
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