Fisher sets out to show Franklin whole: his appearance and habits, his patchy schooling, his religion and morals, his printing business and writing, his electrical science, his Pennsylvania politics and his years of pleasure and diplomacy in Paris. He does not flinch from the love affairs and scandals, and an appendix weighs whether Mrs. Foxcroft was Franklin’s daughter.
A candid, readable corrective to the schoolbook Franklin, organised by theme rather than year. Download the free EPUB.