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Benjamin Franklin in London: The British Life of America´s Founding Father
George Goodwin
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Paperback. A great man on an even greater stage: Benjamin Franklin arrives in London at the very moment it becomes the epicentre of the greatest power in the world. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
'Sensitive, moving and finely textured' Guardian 'Fantastic' Dan Snow For the great majority of his long life, Benjamin Franklin was a loyal British royalist. In 1757, having made his fortune in Philadelphia and established his fame as a renowned experimental scientist, he crossed the Atlantic to live as a gentleman in the heaving metropolis of London. With just a brief interlude, a house in Craven Street was to be his home until 1775. From there he mixed with both the brilliant and the powerful, whether in London coffee house clubs, at ... Read more
'Sensitive, moving and finely textured' Guardian 'Fantastic' Dan Snow For the great majority of his long life, Benjamin Franklin was a loyal British royalist. In 1757, having made his fortune in Philadelphia and established his fame as a renowned experimental scientist, he crossed the Atlantic to live as a gentleman in the heaving metropolis of London. With just a brief interlude, a house in Craven Street was to be his home until 1775. From there he mixed with both the brilliant and the powerful, whether in London coffee house clubs, at ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
312g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780227351
SKU
V9781780227351
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99-50
About George Goodwin
George Goodwin is a history graduate of Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a Foundation exhibition. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and of the Royal Society of Arts. He lives in Kew. https://twitter.com/GeorgeGoodwin1 http://georgegoodwin.com/
Reviews for Benjamin Franklin in London: The British Life of America´s Founding Father
Goodwin's enjoyable biography...
Tim Stanley
HISTORY TODAY
Benjamin Franklin in London is out now everybody. You must get a copy, it is fantastic.
Dan Snow
HISTORY HIT PODCAST
Elegantly written ... an enjoyable introduction to Franklin's time in the imperial metropolis. Replete with anecdote
John Brewer
NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS ... Read more
Tim Stanley
HISTORY TODAY
Benjamin Franklin in London is out now everybody. You must get a copy, it is fantastic.
Dan Snow
HISTORY HIT PODCAST
Elegantly written ... an enjoyable introduction to Franklin's time in the imperial metropolis. Replete with anecdote
John Brewer
NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS ... Read more