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Author:

Paul, Joel R.

Title:

Unlikely allies : how a merchant, a playwright, and a spy saved the American Revolution / Joel Richard Paul.

Publisher:

Riverhead Books,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

405 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

United States--Secret service.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Secret service.
United States--Participation, French.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French.
United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783.
Deane, Silas,--1737-1789.
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de,--1732-1799.
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d',--1728-1810.
Arms transfers--United States--History--18th century.
Arms transfers--France--History--18th century.
Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [384]-396) and index.

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.

ISBN:

1594488835
9781594488832

OCLC:

(OCoLC)311778242

LCCN:

2009034986

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)