Benjamin Franklin's Bastard

Benjamin Franklin’s Bastard by Sally Cabot  353 Pages

This is a fictionalized account of the lives of Benjamin Franklin, his common-law wife, Deborah, and his son William, born to an unknown woman that this author includes in the story as Anne.  Each character gets quite a bit of time from his or her perspective and makes the book really interesting since the readers get to know how the characters are feeling about the situation, especially the women and the son.  The author does try to keep to the known history as much as possible so dates and letters referenced in the work are real, but of course most of the daily story, thoughts, and feelings of the characters are invented by the author.  Most readers of historical fiction will probably like it, especially if they enjoy books about early colonial and American Revolutionary War times