Improbable patriot[electronic resour...
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, (1732-1799.)

 

  • Improbable patriot[electronic resource] :the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution /
  • Record Type: Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
    [NT 15000414]: 842/.5
    Title/Author: Improbable patriot : the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution // Harlow Giles Unger.
    Author: Unger, Harlow G.,
    Published: Hanover [N.H.] : : University Press of New England,, c2011.
    Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 236 p.) : : ill., map.
    Subject: Dramatists, French - Biography. - 18th century
    Subject: Diplomats - Biography. - France
    Subject: United States - Economic conditions - To 1865.
    Subject: France - Social life and customs - 21st century.
    ISBN: 9781611682168 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 1611682169 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9781584659259 (hbk.)
    ISBN: 1584659254 (hbk.)
    [NT 15000227]: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    [NT 15000228]: 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.
    Online resource: Full text available:
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