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Author:

Unger, Harlow G., 1931-

Title:

Improbable patriot : the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution / Harlow Giles Unger.

Publisher:

University Press of New England,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xiv, 236 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de,--1732-1799.
Dramatists, French--18th century--Biography.
Diplomats--France--Biography.
France--History--18th century.
United States--Participation, French.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

1611682169 (e-book)
9781611682168 (e-book)
1584659254 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781584659259 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)711989037

LCCN:

2011014242

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)