Knopf, 2013 xiv, 442 pages : illustrations, map 25. The description got my attention and I hope it gets yours too. Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin Paperback Illustrated, Jby Jill Lepore (Author) 744 ratings Editors' pick Best History See all formats and editions Kindle 14.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 24.81 83 Used from 2.20 17 New from 16.97 11 Collectible from 9. Book of ages : the life and opinions of Jane Franklin / Jill Lepore First Edition. What interested me about this topic is how much we always hear about Ben Franklin, but this book brings to life, his younger sister, Jane. Jill Lepore is my go-to author when I want to learn about history from one of the great female historians of my generation. New Yorker writer Lepore (History/Harvard Univ. Book of Ages Jill Lepore talked about her book, Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin, in which she recalls the life of Benjamin read more Report Video Issue This video.

Her latest book, Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin. I have not read this book yet, but if it is written by Jill Lepore, you can be assured that it is filled with delightful and badass female-voiced history. From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians, a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin s. SMALL AND ATHLETIC, Jill Lepore zips into her second-floor office at Robinson. 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. Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin byJill Lepore Details. Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklinįrom one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians-a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister, Jane, whose obscurity and poverty was 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.

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