A review by johndiconsiglio
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore

3.0

A game effort, but there's just not enough narrative to sustain a book. Astute observations about the barriers to 18th century women's enlightenment. Why was Franklin celebrated while his equally sharp sister toiled in anonymity? The book can be quite moving about Jane Franklin's hunger for reading & writing. It's no easy task to write a bio of someone about whom so little is known. But far too much is conjecture or filler.