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

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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:xiv, 236 p.
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245 1 0 |a Improbable patriot  |h [electronic resource] :  |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. 
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. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
600 1 0 |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 History  |y Revolution, 1775-1783  |x Participation, French. 
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