Title

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

Authors

Joel R. Paul, UC Hasting College of the LawFollow

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Description

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.

ISBN

978-1101151037

Publication Date

2009

Publisher

Riverhead Books

City

New York

Recommended Citation

Paul, Joel R., "Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright and a Spy Save the American Revolution" (2009). Faculty Books. 15.
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/faculty_books/15