He was also a pioneering scientist, a bestselling author, the country’s first postmaster general, a printer, a bon vivant, a diplomat, a ladies’ man, and a moralist-and the most prominent celebrity of the eighteenth century.įranklin was, however, a man of vast contradictions, as Edmund Morgan demonstrates in this brilliant biography. Ellis, London Review of Booksīenjamin Franklin is perhaps the most remarkable figure in American history: the greatest statesman of his age, he played a pivotal role in the formation of the American republic. “None rivals Morgan’s study for its grasp of Franklin’s character.”-Joseph J. The best short biography of Franklin ever written.”-Gordon Wood, New York Review of Books A New York Times Bestseller, a 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, and a Washington Post Book World, Publisher’s Weekly, and Los Angeles Times Book Review Best Book of the Year
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