Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution
by Joel Richard Paul
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- Hardcover
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- 9781594488832
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Synopsis
Silas Deane, a Connecticut merchant and member of the Continental Congress, went to France to persuade the king to support the colonists in their struggle with Britain. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a playwright who had access to the arms and ammunition that Deane needed. And the Chevalier d'Éon was a diplomat and sometime spy for the French king who ignited a crisis that persuaded the French to arm the Americans. This is the true story of how three remarkable people lied, cheated, stole, and cross-dressed across Europe to gain France's aid as the War of American Independence hung in the balance.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Nook (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 933722
- Title
- Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution
- Author
- Joel Richard Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - 6.5 Bulk HB Low
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1594488835
- ISBN 13
- 9781594488832
- Publisher
- Riverhead Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- October 2009
- Pages
- 416