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02012aam a22003734a 4500 001 3615611C36A511E18647CC926AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120104010447 008 110408s2011 nhuab b 001 0beng 010 $a 2011014242 020 $a 1611682169 (e-book) 020 $a 9781611682168 (e-book) 020 $a 1584659254 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781584659259 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)711989037 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d ORX $d MIX $d IG# $d CDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PQ1956 $b .U54 2011 082 00 $a B $a B $2 22 100 1 $a Unger, Harlow G., $d 1931- 245 1 $a Improbable patriot : $b the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution / $c Harlow Giles Unger. 260 $a Hanover [N.H.] : $b University Press of New England, $c c2011. 300 $a xiv, 236 p. : $b ill., map ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 600 10 $a Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, $d 1732-1799. 650 0 $a Dramatists, French $y 18th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Diplomats $z France $v Biography. 651 0 $a France $x History $y 18th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Participation, French. $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $x Participation, French. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180109014234.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3615611C36A511E18647CC926AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search