The Franklin Affair
- ISBN-10
- 0345468031
- ISBN-13
- 9780345468031
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-06
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Author
- Jim Lehrer
Description
Following the death of his longtime mentor, a young historian's peaceful and orderly life is undermined by personal and professional crises when he receives a letter dating back to the Revolutionary War that reveals a scandal that could alter forever American history and joins a committee investigating plagiarism charges against a female biographer who will do anything to stop them. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
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