A Great Improvisation by Stacy Schiff
Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
A vivid history of Benjamin Franklin’s high-stakes mission to France during the American Revolution, showing how he crafted a persona, mastered court politics, and outmaneuvered rivals to secure crucial loans, arms, and a formal alliance. Through salons, espionage, and bureaucratic infighting, it captures the improvisational diplomacy that led to the alliance of 1778 and the peace of 1783, helping to secure American independence.
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- Published
- 2005
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 496-528
- Original Language
- English
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