What the new Apple TV+ series gets right and wrong about Benjamin Franklin's time in Paris.
Craig Bruce Smith
Smith is a historian and the author of American Honor: The Creation of the Nation's Ideals during the Revolutionary Era. Follow him on Twitter: @craigbrucesmith. All views are those of the author.
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