Stacy Schiff

A Great Improvisation

History of Benjamin Franklin and French alliance during American Revolutionary War

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Stacy Schiff
Stacy Schiff

American writer whose literary biographies and narratives have won the Pulitzer Prize and other major awards. Her biography of Cleopatra and her account of the Salem witch trials reach wide audiences. She is an important figure bridging literary nonfiction and narrative history.

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