MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009034986
003 DLC
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008 090825s2009 nyua b 001 0deng
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020 $a9781594488832
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn311778242
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050 00 $aE279$b.P38 2009
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100 1 $aPaul, Joel R.
245 10 $aUnlikely allies :$bhow a merchant, a playwright, and a spy saved the American Revolution /$cJoel Richard Paul.
260 $aNew York :$bRiverhead Books,$c2009.
300 $a405 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [384]-396) and index.
505 0 $aThe merchant -- The playwright -- The spy -- Blackmail -- Figaro -- Ticonderoga -- The chevalier -- The chevalier's ghost -- The judge -- The Lord Mayor -- The foreign minister -- A secret liaison -- An improbable emissary -- The dinner party -- The Middle Temple conspiracy -- The bet -- The King must decide -- The British are watching -- The foreign minister winks -- The counterspy -- A tangled web -- The Declaration goes missing -- The French officers -- The saboteur -- Invisible ink -- Odd man out -- The Ohio Company -- Turtle's progress -- Madame d'Eon's Trousseau -- A little revenge -- Betrayed -- To oppose a torrent is madness -- Safety lies in silence -- The snuffbox -- The deceits of the human heart -- The cross.
520 $aDocuments the machinations of three individuals in their efforts to win the American Revolution, tracing their applications of espionage to smuggle weapons and supplies while spinning a web of international political intrigue.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xSecret service.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xParticipation, French.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1775-1783.
600 10 $aDeane, Silas,$d1737-1789.
600 10 $aBeaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de,$d1732-1799.
600 10 $aEon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d',$d1728-1810.
650 0 $aArms transfers$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aArms transfers$zFrance$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aSaratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777.