Improbable patriot
Subtitle: the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution
By: Harlow Giles Unger
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hanover
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781584659259; 9781611682168
Subjects: History; Diplomats; French Dramatists; Biography; French Participation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: We must help the Americans; title: Gold by god! : the fuel of life!; title: Last night poor, wealthy today!; title: So you mistreat some poor devil; title: till he trembles in disgrace!; title: I'm the busiest, cleverest fellow I know; title: Plotting and pocketing; title: I wish to serve your country as if it were my own; title: Figaro here, figaro there; title: Bright people are so stupid; title: What did you do to earn so many rewards?; title: Tout finit par des chansons = Everything ends in song; title: All of which proves that a son of a clod can be worth his weight in gold.