Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin

By Jill Lepore

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307948838
• ISBN13: 9780307948830
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.0"