Improbable patriot the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution /

Main Author: Unger, Harlow G., 1931-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, c2011.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10497682
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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. 
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