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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Table of 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.