Lepore' s life of Jane Franklin, with its strikingly original vantage on her remarkable brother, is at once a wholly different account of the founding of the United States and one of the great untold stories of American history and letters: a life unknown. Making use of an amazing cache of little-studied material, including documents, objects, and portraits only just discovered, Jill Lepore brings Jane Franklin to life in a way that illuminates not only this one woman but an entire world- a world usually lost to history. Benjamin Franklin, who wrote more letters to his sister than he wrote to anyone else, was the original American self-made man his sister spent her life caring for her children. Lepore suggests that his presence in the annals of history overshadows that of Jane Franklin, but. Book of Ages begins with a reflection on the ubiquity of Benjamin Franklin. Like her brother, Jane Franklin was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. Book of Ages, for its comprehensive analysis of women in the Revolutionary era, has been celebrated as one of the best contemporary works on early American history. Log in Create account × Summaryįrom one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians, a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin' s youngest sister and a history of history itself. In order to save audiobooks to your Wish List you must be signed in to your account.
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