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Unlikely allies : how a merchant, a playwright, and a spy saved the American Revolution / Joel Richard Paul.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paul, Joel Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arms transfers.
- History.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Secret service.
- United States.
- Secret service.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French.
- United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783.
- International relations.
- Deane, Silas, 1737-1789.
- Deane, Silas.
- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de.
- Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810.
- Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d'.
- Arms transfers--United States--History--18th century.
- Arms transfers--France--History--18th century.
- Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 405 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Riverhead Books, 2009.
- Contents:
- The merchant
- The playwright
- The spy
- Blackmail
- Figaro
- Ticonderoga
- The chevalier
- The chevalier's ghost
- The judge
- The Lord Mayor
- The foreign minister
- A secret liaison
- An improbable emissary
- The dinner party
- The Middle Temple conspiracy
- The bet
- The King must decide
- The British are watching
- The foreign minister winks
- The counterspy
- A tangled web
- The Declaration goes missing
- The French officers
- The saboteur
- Invisible ink
- Odd man out
- The Ohio Company
- Turtle's progress
- Madame d'Eon's Trousseau
- A little revenge
- Betrayed
- To oppose a torrent is madness
- Safety lies in silence
- The snuffbox
- The deceits of the human heart
- The cross.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [384]-396) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781594488832
- 1594488835
- OCLC:
- 311778242
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