Research Catalog

Title

Triumph in Paris : the exploits of Benjamin Franklin / David Schoenbrun.

Author

Schoenbrun, David.

Publication

New York : Harper & Row, ©1976.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

x, 420 pages; 24 cm

Summary

This book depicts Benjamin Franklin's trip to Paris in 1776 to negotiate America's first foreign alliance and the difficulty of the task.

Alternative Title

Exploits of Benjamin Franklin

Subject

• Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
• Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790
• Franklin, Benjamin
• Barbados. United States, 1783 September 3
• 1775-1783
• Diplomatic relations
• Amerikanische Revolution
• United States > Foreign relations > 1775-1783
• United States > Foreign relations > France
• France > Foreign relations > United States
• France
• United States
• Frankreich
• USA > Revolution

Genre/Form

• Biography
• Biographies.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 397-405.

Contents

Pt. 1: Philadelphia: a new mission -- Home, to rest -- Benjamin Franklin, congressman -- Benjamin Franklin, secret agent -- Pt. 2: Paris: the alliance -- Aboard the Reprisal, Paris bound -- The first time he saw Paris -- Christmas in Paris and Trenton -- The negotiations begin -- Hideout in Passy -- Franklin in war and love -- Spies, profiteers and privateers -- Bagatelles and Billets-Doux -- Climax at Saratoga -- Triumph at Versailles -- Pt. 3: Paris: the war -- Politics, women and money -- Peace feelers and Voltaire -- Tension inside the alliance -- Intrigues in Europe -- Bad news on all fronts -- From bad to worse -- The darkness before the dawn -- Out of the darkness, victory -- Pt. 4: Paris: the peace -- The dawn of peace -- The peace conference begins -- Peace, at last! -- Home, to rest at last.

ISBN

• 0060138548
• 9780060138547

LCCN

76009199

OCLC

• ocm02317933
• 2317933
• SCSB-150092

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library