Craven Street: Ben Franklin in London by Yuri Rasovsky

Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251389to listen full audiobooks. Title: Craven Street: Ben Franklin in London Author: Yuri Rasovsky Narrator: A Distinguished Cast, Elizabeth Montgomery, Nigel Hawthorne, George Grizzard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 13 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Originally broadcast nationwide in 1993, this meticulously researched five-part historical drama is being published by Blackstone to commemorate Benjamin Franklin’s 300th birthday This production reveals the multifaceted, complex Franklin’s little-known adventures in London before the Revolution. For fifteen years, he lived on Craven Street off the Thames, where he established a surrogate family, began his autobiography, and became America’s most famous citizen. As tensions heated up between the Mother Country and her colonies, Franklin became embroiled in intrigue, espionage, and even a duel. The British government believed him “the head of all the rebels” and set out to have him hanged. He escaped only hours before arresting magistrates came banging on his Craven Street door. He was at sea sailing for home when “the shot heard ’round the world” rang out at Lexington.

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