A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America

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A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America is a historical narrative that examines Benjamin Franklin’s diplomatic mission to France and its crucial role in securing support for the American Revolution.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
historical narrative ⓘ
author Stacy Schiff ⓘ
awarded Ambassador Book Award ⓘ
George Washington Book Prize ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depictsPlace France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
examines the cultural and political climate of late-18th-century France ⓘ
the role of French financial and military aid to the American Revolution ⓘ
focusesOnEvent Benjamin Franklin's diplomatic mission to France ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
history ⓘ
hasFormat audiobook ⓘ
ebook ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
hasPerspective narrative non-fiction ⓘ
hasSubject French foreign policy ⓘ
formation of the Franco-American alliance ⓘ
treaty negotiations ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary War ⓘ
ISBN 9780805066333 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject American Revolution ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
Franco-American relations ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ
notableFor analysis of French support for American independence ⓘ
detailed portrayal of Benjamin Franklin as a diplomat ⓘ
pageCount ~480 ⓘ
placesInContext the birth of the United States as a nation ⓘ
portrays Benjamin Franklin as American envoy to France ⓘ
publicationDate 2005 ⓘ
publisher Henry Holt and Company ⓘ
setting American War of Independence ⓘ
French royal court ⓘ
targetAudience general readers ⓘ
readers interested in diplomatic history ⓘ
readers of American history ⓘ
timeCovered 1776–1785 ⓘ

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