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Improbable patriot : the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution / Harlow Giles Unger.
LIBRA PQ1956 .U54 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Unger, Harlow G., 1931-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de.
- Dramatists, French--18th century--Biography.
- Dramatists, French.
- Diplomats--France--Biography.
- Diplomats.
- France.
- France--History--18th century.
- History.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 236 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, [2011]
- Contents:
- We must help the Americans
- Gold by god! : the fuel of life!
- Last night poor, wealthy today!
- So you mistreat some poor devil
- till he trembles in disgrace!
- I'm the busiest, cleverest fellow I know
- Plotting and pocketing
- I wish to serve your country as if it were my own
- Figaro here, figaro there
- Bright people are so stupid
- What did you do to earn so many rewards?
- Tout finit par des chansons = Everything ends in song
- All of which proves that a son of a clod can be worth his weight in gold.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781584659259
- 1584659254
- 9781611682168
- 1611682169
- OCLC:
- 711989037
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