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A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
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In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prizewinning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his careerIn 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 Americas experiment in democracy.When Franklin stepped onto French soil, he well understood he was embarking on the greatest gamble of his career. By virtue of fame, charisma, and ingenuity, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies, French informers, and hostile colleagues; engineered the FrancoAmerican alliance of l778; and helped to negotiate the peace of l783. The eightyear French mission stands not only as Franklins most vital service to his country but as the most revealing of the man.In A Great Improvisation, Stacy Schiff draws from new and littleknown sources to illuminate the leastexplored part of Franklins life. Here is an unfamiliar, unforgettable chapter of the Revolution, a rousing tale of American infighting, and the treacherous backroom dealings at Versailles that would propel George Washington from near decimation at Valley Forge to victory at Yorktown. From these pages emerge a particularly human and yet fiercely determined Founding Father, as well as a profound sense of how fragile, improvisational, and international was our countrys bid for independence.
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