Improbable patriot : the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution
2011
928.4 B378un 2011
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Title
Improbable patriot : the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution
Published
Hanover, [N.H.] : University Press of New England, c2011.
Description
xiv, 236 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
928.4 B378un 2011
System Control No.
(OCoLC)711989037
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-227) and index.
Contents: 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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Contents: 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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