Improbable Patriot - The Secret History of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French Playwright Who Saved the American Revolution (Hardcover, New)

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was an eighteenth-century French inventor, famed playwright, and upstart near-aristocrat in the court of King Louis XVI. In 1776, he conceived an audacious plan to send aid to the American rebels. What's more, he convinced the king to bankroll the project, and singlehandedly carried it out. By war's end, he had supplied Washington's army with most of its weapons and powder, though he was never paid or acknowledged by the United States.
To some, he was a dashing hero--a towering intellect who saved the American Revolution. To others, he was pure rogue--a double-dealing adventurer who stopped at nothing to advance his fame and fortune. In fact, he was both, and more: an advisor to kings, an arms dealer, and author of some of the most enduring works of the stage, including The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville.

General

Imprint:	University Press of New England
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	September 2011
Authors:	Harlow Giles Unger
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	260
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-58465-925-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	1-58465-925-4
Barcode:	9781584659259

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