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On January 29, 1774, Benjamin Franklin was called to appear prior to the Privy Council--a select band of the king's advisors--in an octagonal-shaped room in Whitehall Palace known as the Cockpit. Spurred by jeers and applause from the audience in the Cockpit, Lawyer Standard Alexander Wedderburn unleashed a withering tirade against Franklin. Though Franklin got into the area as a dutiful servant of the English crown, he kept as a budding American cutting edge. In The Making of the Patriot, renowned Franklin historian Sheila L. Skemp presents an insightful, energetic narrative that runs beyond the original Franklin biography--and behind the common myths--to demonstrate how Franklin's ultimate decision to aid the colonists was by no means a formality. In fact, until the Cockpit ordeal, he was steadfastly focused on achieving "an accommodation in our differences." The Making of the Patriot sheds light on the conspiratorial platform within which stars on both factors of the Atlantic shifted toward trend. It highlights how this event ultimately pitted Franklin against his kid, recommending that the Revolution was, in no small part, also a civil conflict.
