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Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution
by Paul, Joel Richard (Author)
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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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- Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution
- Author
- Paul, Joel Richard (Author)
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- Paperback
- Book Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 1594484872
- ISBN 13
- 9781594484872
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- Riverhead Trade
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- Date Published
- 2010
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