Full name: Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin

Author: Jill Lepore Year: 2013 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, History, Award winners, Biographies, Memoirs Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads Barns&Noble eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780307948830 0307948838

It is a life that has never been examined before: that of the sister of one of the most remarkable men of their time, living unknown to the world at large, but a constant presence and influence in her brother's life through their correspondence (he wrote more letters to her than to anyone else). 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. Lepore's life of Jane Franklin, with its strikingly original vantage on Benjamin Franklin, is at once a wholly different account of the founding and one of the great untold stories of American history and letters. Similar books: The Secret History Of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore Lives of Extraordinary Women by Kathleen Krull Thomas Jefferson by Christopher Hitchens Abigail Adams by Woody Holton Wedlock by Wendy Moore The First American by H. W. Brands The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin by Gordon S. Wood The Richest Woman in America by Janet Wallach Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson Nelson and Emma by Roger Hudson Perdita by Paula Byrne Ladies of Liberty by Cokie Roberts Dearest Friend by Lynne Withey Thomas Paine by Craig Nelson Who Was Ben Franklin? by Dennis Brindell Fradin A Chance Meeting by Rachel Cohen Ava's Man by Rick Bragg Rin Tin Tin by Susan Orlean Birdseye by Mark Kurlansky Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff