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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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
historical narrative
author Stacy Schiff
awarded Ambassador Book Award
George Washington Book Prize
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: 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 Revolutionary War
surface form: 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 Revolutionary War
surface form: 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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Stacy Schiff notableWork A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
Stacy Madeleine Schiff notableWork A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America