Book Synopsis NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR NPR - Time Magazine - The Washington Post - Entertainment Weekly - The Boston Globe A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians-a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklins youngest sister, Jane, whose obscurity and poverty were matched only by her brothers fame and wealth but who, like him, was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. Making use of an astonishing 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 extraordinary woman but an entire world.- Publishers description. About the Book From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians-a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklins youngest sister, Jane, whose obscurity and poverty were matched only by her brothers fame and wealth but who, like him, was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator.
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