![]() ![]() 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. ![]() Unlike him, she was a mother of twelve.īenjamin 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. Like her brother, Jane Franklin was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. Book of Ages by Jill Lepore is a fascinating book. 4.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating book Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2014. From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians, a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin’s youngest sister and a history of history itself. If you realize that this book is hampered by a lack of first hand information on Jane Franklin’s early years and adjust your expectations accordingly, you will enjoy it. ![]()
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