TY  - BOOK
AU  - Unger,Harlow G.
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Improbable patriot: the secret history of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French playwright who saved the American Revolution 
SN  - 9781611682168
AV  - PQ1956 .U54 2011
U1  - 842/.5B 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Hanover [N.H.]
PB  - University Press of New England
KW  - Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de,
KW  - Diplomats
KW  - France
KW  - Biography
KW  - Dramatists, French
KW  - 18th century
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - Participation, French
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - 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
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781611682168/
ER  -