Unger, Harlow G.,  1931- <br/><br/>
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. 
 - xiv, 236 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dramatists, French--18th century--Biography.<br/>Diplomats--France--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>France--History--18th century.<br/>United States--History--Participation, French.--Revolution, 1775-1783
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ1956  / .U54 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>842/.5  B