Franklin’s autobiography is very entertaining. He mentions many places that are close to home for me, so that really helped contextualize things. I was also intrigued by how much Franklin studied and practiced personal morality. This seems to be at odds with the stories of him being something of a womanizer in Europe.
He basically abandoned his wife in the US. She pleaded with him to come home and he ignored her. She died when he was in France.
“Personal morality?” He had an illegitimate son...so much for that. Remember, this is an “AUTObiography” aka.....”All About Me”...by ME”.
He had rock star status in Europe & according to his biography, took full advantage of it while there.
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