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Improbable patriot : the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution / Harlow Giles Unger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Unger, Harlow G., 1931-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dramatists, French--18th century--Biography.
- Dramatists, French.
- Diplomats--France--Biography.
- Diplomats.
- France--History--18th century.
- France.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French.
- United States.
- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The outrageous true story of the French plot to supply arms and ammunition to Washington's Continental Army, and the bold French spy, inventor, playwright, and rogue behind it all
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283875196
- 1283875195
- 9781611682168
- 1611682169
- OCLC:
- 823388653
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