{"product_id":"the-thunder-and-the-silence-roland-van-damme-9798263708030","title":"The Thunder and the Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world knows the \u003ci\u003ethunder\u003c\/i\u003e of his genius: the inventor, the diplomat, the revolutionary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of the \u003ci\u003esilence.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the dark print shops of Boston to the shadowed alleys of revolutionary Paris, \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Franklin\u003c\/b\u003e walks a solitary path. His ambition is a storm that tears through his life, splitting him from his wife, his son, and the private man he might have been.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not the Franklin of history books. This is a man haunted by the son he lost to smallpox, torn apart by the son who chose the Crown, and stalked by the silence of the wife he left to die alone, an ocean away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eWolf Hall's\u003c\/i\u003e political shadows and \u003ci\u003eHamnet's\u003c\/i\u003e intimate grief, The \u003ci\u003eThunder and the Silence\u003c\/i\u003e lays bare the man behind the myth-a man forced to choose between building a nation and saving his own family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of genius and its cost, of revolution and regret. What is the price of greatness, and who is left to pay it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roland Van Damme\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798263708030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.33d","brand":"Roland Van Damme","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743032389887,"sku":"9798263708030","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-thunder-and-the-silence-roland-van-damme-9798263708030","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}