(2005)Another very good book about an historian who stumbles upon documents that purport to show that Ben Franklin murdered the mother of his son William; and then there was a cover-up of this by the top Founding Fathers of the day. The story is really about plagiarism and how it is tolerated and encouraged among popular historical writers.

It was alright..a 2 night read..only 200 pages. Wouldn't recommend it, though! ( )

R. Taylor arrives in Philadelphia for the funeral of his longtime friend Dr. Wally Rush with a heavy heart. Not only has the world lost one of its preeminent, Pulitzer Prize-winning American Revolution historians, but R has lost his mentor, the man who led him to devote his life's work to the study of "The First AMerican", Benjamin Franklin. ( )

This is not particularly well written, but I found it interesting because it was about historians dealing with the revolutionary period. The hero is an independent historian who has been instrumental in resuscitating Franklin's reputation as one of the foremost revolutionary heroes. He's on a committee charged with determining the guilt or innocence of an obnoxious colleague who's charged with plagiarism. Meanwhile, his mentor dies & leaves him a lead to a set of documents that threaten to undo their work by showing Franklin as an accessory to the murder of the mother of his illegitimate son. He's faced with a series of difficult choices on both scores, but as readers, we're jerked back & forth from euphoria to despair the way a bad mystery does. ( )