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Unlikely allies : how a merchant, a playwright, and a spy saved the American Revolution
- Title
- Unlikely allies : how a merchant, a playwright, and a spy saved the American Revolution / Joel Richard Paul.
- Author
- Paul, Joel R.
- Publication
- New York : Riverhead Books, 2009.
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Details
- Description
- 405 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Secret service
- Deane, Silas, 1737-1789
- Arms transfers > United States > History > 18th century
- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, French
- Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777
- Eon de Beaumont, Charles Genevïve Louis Auguste Andř Timothě d', 1728-1810
- Arms transfers > France > History > 18th century
- United States > Foreign relations > 1775-1783
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [384]-396) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- IGI 10-537
- ISBN
- 9781594488832
- 1594488835
- LCCN
- 2009034986
- OCLC
- 311778242
- Author
- Paul, Joel R.
- Title
- Unlikely allies : how a merchant, a playwright, and a spy saved the American Revolution / Joel Richard Paul.
- Imprint
- New York : Riverhead Books, 2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [384]-396) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IGI 10-537