Benjamin Franklin's Bastard

An absorbing work of literary historical fiction that brings to life a little-known chapter of the American Revolution from the author of The Widow’s War.

William Franklin, the son of Benjamin and his favorite mistress, Anne, is raised by Deborah, Benjamin’s wife. A steadfast loyalist, he and his father cannot reconcile their wildly disparate views, causing a rift in the bond both thought unbreakab...