Improbable patriot
Unger, Harlow G., 1931-
Improbable patriot the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution / [electronic resource] : Harlow Giles Unger. - Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, c2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 236 p. :) ill., map ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
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.
9781611682168 1611682169
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Diplomats--France--Biography.
Dramatists, French--18th century--Biography.
United States--History--Participation, French.--Revolution, 1775-1783
France--History--18th century.
Electronic books.
PQ1956 / .U54 2011
842/.5 B
Improbable patriot the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution / [electronic resource] : Harlow Giles Unger. - Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, c2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 236 p. :) ill., map ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
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.
9781611682168 1611682169
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Diplomats--France--Biography.
Dramatists, French--18th century--Biography.
United States--History--Participation, French.--Revolution, 1775-1783
France--History--18th century.
Electronic books.
PQ1956 / .U54 2011
842/.5 B