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Description - The Loyal Son by Daniel Mark Epstein

The dramatic story of founding father Ben Franklin, his illegitimate son William, and the tragedy of their conflict during the American Revolution.

At the heart of Ben Franklin's life was his infamous relationship with his son William. Born when Franklin was only 24, the boy was adopted by his father, raised and educated to be his aide. William rose to be the Royal Governor of New Jersey a decade before the Revolution. Politics then pulled them apart, the famous patriot and the loyal Tory governor, and what had been a loving bond was destroyed forever.

With the shrewdness and persistence of a master detective, Epstein reconstructs the loving but complicated relationship between Ben and William, shedding light on a little-known side of Benjamin's life, as well as on the motives that caused William to become a leader of violent counter-revolutionary guerillas.

Story Locale- London and Philadelphia, mid to late 1700s

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