Hello Hessians: I have this and a few other books about the American Revolution listed with eBay - why not check it out? Cheers, John Merz Subject: Interesting item on eBay Canada web site item# 6932075901: Triumph in Paris - The Exploits of Benjamin Franklin.. > > Title of item: Triumph in Paris - The Exploits of Benjamin Franklin. > Seller: the-hessian > Starts: 11-Oct-04 22:22:07 EDT > Ends: 18-Oct-04 22:22:07 EDT > Price: Starts at US $4.99 > > To view this item, go to: http://cgi1.ebay.ca/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?RedirectEnter&partner=888801&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi%2Eebay%2Eca%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI%2Edll%3FViewItem%26item%3D6932075901%26category%3D378%26ssPageName%3DADME%3AB%3AEF%3AUS%3A1 > > > Item Description: > Triumph in Paris - The Exploits of Benjamin Franklin, by David Schoenbrun, published 1976 by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York. Hardcover with Dustjacket, in very good clean condition, previous owners note and sticker on inside page. 420 pages, size 9 1/2" x 6 1/2", weight 1 lb. 13 oz. (835 gr.), postage to U.S. destinations will be $6.75. From the inside flap of DJ: "In the literature of American history, this book is a first. Triumph in Paris tells the story of the man who took the American Revolution to Europe and kept it alive there. In 1776, Franklin - diplomat, lover, scientist, writer and 'bon vivant extraordinaire - postponed his long-overdue retirement and, at age seventy, went to Paris to negotiate America's first foreign alliance and secure the arms, men and money that made our independence possible. There has never been a work quite like this remarkable tapestry of biography, diplomacy, military and social history and journalistic reportage. Here are Frankli! > n's coolly barbed satires, his artfully worded memoranda, his plaintive love letters, here are the crises on the American battlefield and in the court of Louis XVI, the wranglings in the Continental Congress and the intrigues between America's one ally and her many enemies. = Buyer to pay postage as stated, seller will accept personal check, money order, or PayPal. > > Visit eBay at http://www.ebay.ca >