TY - BOOK AB - Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London and in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to the city. This book recreates the city's hey day as the centre of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies. AU - Flavell, Julie. CN - DA688 CN - DA688 CY - New Haven [Conn.] : DA - c2010. ID - 433449 KW - Americans KW - Americans KW - Visitors, Foreign N1 - Maps on lining papers. N2 - Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London and in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to the city. This book recreates the city's hey day as the centre of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies. PB - Yale University Press, PP - New Haven [Conn.] : PY - c2010. SN - 9780300137392 (alk. paper) SN - 0300137397 (alk. paper) T1 - When London was capital of America / TI - When London was capital of America / ER -