num_pages: 560
description: The first full-scale biography of Franklin in over 60 years! This fully documented account of the most versatile man of his age paints a lively portrait of the writer who invented the lightning conductor; the politician who spent years as an emissary in London trying to prevent the Revolutionary War; and the statesman who served as the US representative in Paris during the war, intriguing for French aid and American victory. A masterly work.
language: English
title: Benjamin Franklin: A Biography
titlecomplete: Benjamin Franklin: A Biography
genres: Biography, History, Politics, American History, American Revolution, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 73
publisher: Castle