Triumph in Paris: The exploits of Benjamin Franklin

In the literature of American history this book is a first. Triumph in Paris tells the story of the man who took the American Revolution to Europe and kept it alive there. In 1776 Franklin -- diplomat lover scientist writer and bon vivant extraordinaire -- postponed his long-overdue retirement and at age seventy went to Paris to negotiate Americas first foreign alliance and secure the arms men and money that made our independence possible.