Unlikely allies
Subtitle: how a merchant, a playwright, and a spy saved the American Revolution
By: Joel Richard Paul.
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9781594488832
Subjects: 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; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Secret service; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783
Description: Documents the machinations of three individuals in their efforts to win the American Revolution, tracing their applications of espionage to smuggle weapons and supplies while spinning a web of international political intrigue.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [384]-396) and index.
Table of contents: title: The merchant; title: The playwright; title: The spy; title: Blackmail; title: Figaro; title: Ticonderoga; title: The chevalier; title: The chevalier's ghost; title: The judge; title: The Lord Mayor; title: The foreign minister; title: A secret liaison; title: An improbable emissary; title: The dinner party; title: The Middle Temple conspiracy; title: The bet; title: The King must decide; title: The British are watching; title: The foreign minister winks; title: The counterspy; title: A tangled web; title: The Declaration goes missing; title: The French officers; title: The saboteur; title: Invisible ink; title: Odd man out; title: The Ohio Company; title: Turtle's progress; title: Madame d'Eon's Trousseau; title: A little revenge; title: Betrayed; title: To oppose a torrent is madness; title: Safety lies in silence; title: The snuffbox; title: The deceits of the human heart; title: The cross.