Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin

Title: Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
Author: Jill Lepore
ISBN: 9780307948830
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2014
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Illustrated
Number of Pages: 464
Publisher Description:

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 Franklin's youngest sister, Jane, whose obscurity and poverty were matched only by her brother's 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.