The Franklin Affair - first US edition
by Jim Lehrer - signed
Reginald Raymond Taylor, PhD -- "R" to his friends is a Benjamin Franklin
scholar who sits on a committee investigating plagiarism charges against another
historian, who has in turn threatened to expose the committee members' own
lapses in attribution. Exacerbating R's conflicted feelings is the questionable
authorship of his beloved mentor's magnum opus. To top it off, he has received a
cache of 18th-century documents that seem to incriminate Franklin in the murder
of his illegitimate son's mother. The scholarly sleuthing procedural offers
cover for Lehrer's temperate satire of academic rivalries, as he takes a stab at
how historical imagination works. A slightly stiff academic thriller geared to
history buffs, packed full of Franklin facts.
Book has beige boards quarter-bound in brown cloth, title printed in gold on the
spine. Signed on the title page.