The dramatic story of Founding Father Ben Franklin, his illegitimate son William, and the tragedy of their conflict during the American Revolution.

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Preface: a night journey, 1731 -- Part one. Sons of the empire -- Americans in London: September 22, 1761 -- Colonial contemporaries, 1753 -- Defenses and engagements -- Challenges, 1757 -- Triumphs -- Part two. America and her children -- America, 1763 -- A frenzy or madness -- Blood and money -- Rebellion, 1772-73 -- A thorough government man -- Two roads -- Part three. War -- Trevose, 1775 -- The last word -- The reckoning, 1776 -- Paterfamilias -- Dark night of the soul -- Part four. Danse macabre -- The scene of action, 1778-81 -- Captain Huddy and the dance of death -- Going home -- Epilogue, 1785-1823.