Bibliograph

Unlikely allies, how a merchant, a playwright, and a spy saved the American Revolution, Joel Richard Paul

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Unlikely allies, how a merchant, a playwright, and a spy saved the American Revolution, Joel Richard Paul

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [384]-396) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Unlikely allies

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

311778242

Responsibility statement

Joel Richard Paul

Sub title

how a merchant, a playwright, and a spy saved the American Revolution

Summary

A member of the Continental Congress, Silas Deane, was sent to France in 1776 to persuade the king to support the colonists in their struggle with Britain. He, playwright Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, and diplomat and sometime spy the Chevalier d'Eon were at the heart of a monumental power struggle between Britain and France, with the outcome of the War of American Independence hanging in the balance

Table Of Contents

The merchant -- The playwright -- The spy -- Blackmail -- Figaro -- Ticonderoga -- The chevalier -- The chevalier's ghost -- The judge -- The Lord Mayor -- The foreign minister -- A secret liaison -- An improbable emissary -- The dinner party -- The Middle Temple conspiracy -- The bet -- The King must decide -- The British are watching -- The foreign minister winks -- The counterspy -- A tangled web -- The Declaration goes missing -- The French officers -- The saboteur -- Invisible ink -- Odd man out -- The Ohio Company -- Turtle's progress -- Madame d'Eon's Trousseau -- A little revenge -- Betrayed -- To oppose a torrent is madness -- Safety lies in silence -- The snuffbox -- The deceits of the human heart -- The cross

Target audience

adult

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