Item details: Unlikely allies : how a merchant, a playwright, and a spy saved the American Revolution - 46052271

Unlikely allies : how a merchant, a playwright, and a spy saved the American Revolution

text Unlikely allies : how a merchant, a playwright, and a spy saved the American Revolution

Summary: Documents the machinations of three individuals in their efforts to win the American Revolution, tracing their applications of espionage to smuggle weapons and supplies while spinning a web of international political intrigue.

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 -- T... Read more

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Description: 405 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Publisher: Riverhead Books 2009

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Woodmere (Main Branch)	973.385 PAU in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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Deane, Silas 1737-1789 Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de 1732-1799 Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviv̈e Louis Auguste Andr Ťimothě d' 1728-1810 Arms transfers United States History 18th century Arms transfers France History 18th century Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777 United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Secret service United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Participation, French United States Foreign relations 1775-1783

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