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A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
By Stacy Schiff
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By Stacy Schiff
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Winner of the George Washington Book Prize
Winner of the Ambassador Award in American Studies
Winner of the Gilbert Chinard Prize
Named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times
Michael Douglas stars in Franklin, streaming on Apple TV+
In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career.
“In sparkling prose, burnished to a high gloss, Stacy Schiff tells the tale of Benjamin Franklin in Paris with p...
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Stacy Schiff gets it. She gets people. She studies lives tirelessly and fiercely and perfectly, and when she is finished studying, she publishes works of flawlessly interpreted, beautiful, and meticulously researched prose. Her biographies have reenergized our love of history, and given us the gift of feeling well-informed and eloquent when defending powerful women, dropping “did you knows?” […]
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