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Improbable patriotthe secret history...

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, (1732-1799.)

Improbable patriotthe secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Improbable patriotHarlow Giles Unger.
Reminder of title:	the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution /
Author:	Unger, Harlow G.,
Published:	Hanover [N.H.] :University Press of New England,c2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 236 p.) :ill., map.
Subject:	DiplomatsBiography.France
Subject:	United States
Online resource:	Full text available:
ISBN:	9781611682168 (electronic bk.)

Improbable patriotthe secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution /
Unger, Harlow G.,1931-

Improbable patriotthe secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution /[electronic resource] :Harlow Giles Unger. - Hanover [N.H.] :University Press of New England,c2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 236 p.) :ill., map.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 weremy 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: 9781611682168 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Personal Names:

471607
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de,
1732-1799.English.Mariage de Figaro.Subjects--Topical Terms:

627819
Diplomats
--France--Biography.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

236377
United States

LC Class. No.: PQ1956 / .U54 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 842/.5

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