Mon Cher Papa: Franklin and the Ladies of Paris
by Claude-Anne Lopez
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In this delightful account of the personal side of Benjamin Franklin's eight years in Paris, Mrs. Lopez shows Franklin winning France to the side of the American Revolution by captivating all her citizens, particularly the ladies of Paris. From Madame Brillon to the intellectual elite at Auteuil, Franklin charmed them all. But it was Madame Helvetius who charmed him: she was the only woman in Paris Franklin really loved, the woman he wanted to marry, the woman who turned him down. And it was show more of her salon that Franklin dreamed nostalgically when he was back in Philadelphia. Drawing on many unpublished documents, Mrs. Lopez displays the idolized Franklin enjoying Parisian life with his customary zest, helping to launch the potato, investigating Mesmer's doctrines, and protecting the city with lightning rods.Mrs. Lopez is assistant editor in charge of French material for the Papers of Benjamin Franklin at Yale University. show lessTags
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- People/Characters
- Benjamin Franklin
- Important places
- Paris, France
- Original language
- English
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- Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction, Travel, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 973.3 — History & geography History of North America United States Revolutionary War (1775-89)
- LCC
- E302.6 .F8 .L8 — History of the United States United States Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861 Biography (Late eighteenth century)
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