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" Improbable patriot : "
Harlow Giles Unger
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BL
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645631
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Unger, Harlow G.,1931-
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| Title & Author
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Improbable patriot : : the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution /\ Harlow Giles Unger
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| Publication Statement
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Hanover [N.H.] :: University Press of New England,, c2011
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xiv, 236 p. :: ill., map ;; 24 cm
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9781584659259 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 1584659254 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9781611682168 (e-book)
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: 1611682169 (e-book)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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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Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de,1732-1799
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Dramatists, French-- 18th century, Biography
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Diplomats-- France, Biography
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France, History, 18th century
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United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Participation, French
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| Dewey Classification
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842/.5B
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PQ1956.U54 2011
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