Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution

ISBN-13: 9781594484872 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 416 str.

Joel Richard Paul

Opis

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'Eon 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.