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Improbable patriot : the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution
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- Creator
- Harlow Giles Unger
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 236 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781611682168, 1283875195, 1611682169, 1584659254, 9781584659259, 9781283875196
- OCLC
- ocn798295801, ocn823388653, ocn711989037, ocn763156445
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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