Yellow Sun Books author

Roland
Van Damme

Roland Van Damme writes historical fiction that steps behind the monuments to find the ambitions, loyalties, and losses that shaped the people we remember.

Explore his books
A novel The Thunder
and the
Silence Roland
Van Damme
01

The novel

Benjamin Franklin built a nation. What did it cost his family?

From Boston’s print shops to Paris’s salons, this sweeping historical novel follows Franklin’s rise from runaway apprentice to inventor, diplomat, and revolutionary — and the family relationships fractured along the way.

  • Print
  • eBook
  • Multiple languages
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Short reads

Five companion books.
Five closer looks.

Continue exploring Franklin’s world through five shorter companion books by Roland Van Damme. Each offers a focused way into the people, turning points, and ideas surrounding the full novel.

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