Revolution 250 Podcast
Revolution 250 is a consortium of organizations in New England planning commemorations of the American Revolution's 250th anniversary. https://revolution250.org/Through this podcast you will meet many of the people involved in these commemorations, and learn about the people who brought about the Revolution--which began here. To support Revolution 250, visit https://www.masshist.org/rev250Theme Music: "Road to Boston" fifes: Doug Quigley, Peter Emerick; Drums: Dave Emerick
Revolution 250 Podcast
Franklin in Paris: The Great Improvisation with Stacy Schiff
January 11, 2022
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Stacy Schiff
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Season 3
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Episode 2
Stacy Schiff, best-selling and Pulitzer-prize winning author, joins us to talk about the extraordinary story of Benjamin Franklin in Paris, which she has recounted in her A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America. Franklin was doing more in Paris than simply negotiating--he was establishing the United States as a nation worthy of recognition on the world stage, and he became for France the model of American. We hear about his relationships with Madame Helvetius and Madame Brillon, with the French court, and with fellow-American diplomats like John Adams (who hated Franklin), and with his estranged son Wiilliam. A Shakespearean story, told in extraordinarily well.